RE: MSXML application of substitution groups to locally defined elements

Yeah, you're right. This is a bug in MSXML which should be fixed in the
next service pack. 

I'll keep you posted as to its availability. 


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Feblowitz [mailto:mfeblowitz@frictionless.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:01 AM
> To: Dare Obasanjo
> Cc: 'Xmlschema-Dev (E-mail)'
> Subject: MSXML application of substitution groups to locally 
> defined elements
> 
> 
> (Re-sending with a corrected Subject line and inlined xsd and 
> xml files).
> 
> As I understand it, substitution groups don't apply in the 
> case of locally bound elements.
> 
> So the complex type 
> 
> <xs:complexType name="OL">
>         <xs:sequence>
>  	  <xs:element name="Note" type="Note" minOccurs="0" 
> maxOccurs="unbounded" />
>  	  <xs:element name="ShipNote" type="Note" minOccurs="0" 
> maxOccurs="unbounded" />
>         </xs:sequence>
>  </xs:complexType>
> 
> Wouldn't even be subject to the conversion to an equivalent 
> choice group.
> 
> If, on the other hand, the complex type were defined as 
> 
> <xs:complexType name="OL">
>         <xs:sequence>
>  	  <xs:element ref="Note" minOccurs="0"  maxOccurs="unbounded" />
>  	  <xs:element ref="ShipNote" minOccurs="0" 
> maxOccurs="unbounded" />
>         </xs:sequence>
>  </xs:complexType>
> 
> then there would indeed be a problem - the first Note 
> occurrence would expand to the equivalent choice group,
> 
> <xs:complexType name="OL">
>         <xs:sequence>
> 	<xs:choice>
>  	  <xs:element ref="Note" minOccurs="0"  maxOccurs="unbounded" />
>  	  <xs:element ref="ShipNote" minOccurs="0" 
> maxOccurs="unbounded" />
> 	</xs:choice>
> 	<xs:element ref="ShipNote" minOccurs="0" 
> maxOccurs="unbounded" />
>         </xs:sequence>
>  </xs:complexType>
> 
> Thus leading to the nondeterminism. 
> 
> But the case I'm dealing with should suffer from no such 
> problem, since the elements are locally bound.
> 
> I've CC'ed the Schema Dev list for confirmation of this.
> 
> Mark
> 
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Dare Obasanjo [mailto:dareo@microsoft.com] 
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:33 AM
> To:	Mark Feblowitz
> Subject:	RE: Is anySimpleType a real type?
> 
> Slight correction...
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dare Obasanjo
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:24 PM
> > To: 'Mark Feblowitz'
> > Subject: RE: Is anySimpleType a real type?
> > 
> > 
> > On investigation, I believe that MSXML is not in error.
> > 
> > Your complexType in question is defined as
> > 
> > 	<xs:complexType name="OL">
> >        <xs:sequence>
> > 	  <xs:element name="Note" type="Note" minOccurs="0"
> > maxOccurs="unbounded" />
> > 	  <xs:element name="ShipNote" type="Note" minOccurs="0" 
> > maxOccurs="unbounded" />
> > 	 </xs:sequence>
> > 	</xs:complexType>
> > 
> > which after the substitionGroups are applied becomes
> > 
> > 	<xs:complexType name="OL">
> >        <xs:sequence>
> 
> >         <xs:choice>
> > 	   <xs:element name="Note" type="Note" minOccurs="0"
> > maxOccurs="unbounded" />
> > 	   <xs:element name="ShipNote" type="ShipNote" 
> > minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
> > 	  </xs:choice>
> 
> The above should be 
> 
> 	 <xs:choice minOccurs="0"  maxOccurs="unbounded">
>  	   <xs:element name="Note" type="Note"  />
>  	   <xs:element name="ShipNote" type="ShipNote" />
>        </xs:choice>	
> 
> > 	  <xs:element name="ShipNote" type="Note" minOccurs="0"
> > maxOccurs="unbounded" />
> > 	 </xs:sequence>
> > 	</xs:complexType>	
> > 
> > Which to me is ambiguous once the user because upon seeing a
> > <ShipNote> the parser cannot tell if it is the <ShipNote> 
> > that is part of the <xs:choice> content model or the 
> > <ShipNote> that comes immediately after the <xs:choice>. 
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark Feblowitz [mailto:mfeblowitz@frictionless.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:20 PM
> > > To: Dare Obasanjo
> > > Subject: RE: Is anySimpleType a real type?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Dare -
> > > 
> > > I've attached an xsd and an xml file demonstrating the 
> > > nondeterminism problem.
> > > 
> 
> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
> 	<xs:element name="OL" type="OL"/>
> 	<xs:complexType name="OL">
> 		<xs:sequence>
> 			<xs:element name="Note" type="Note" 
> minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> 			<xs:element name="ShipNote" type="Note"
> minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> 		</xs:sequence>
> 	</xs:complexType>
> 	<xs:element name="ShipNote" type="ShipNote" 
> substitutionGroup="Note"/>
> 	<xs:complexType name="ShipNote">
> 		<xs:simpleContent>
> 			<xs:extension base="Note"/>
> 		</xs:simpleContent>
> 	</xs:complexType>
> 	<xs:element name="Note" type="Note"/>
> 	<xs:complexType name="Note">
> 		<xs:simpleContent>
> 			<xs:extension base="LingualString">
> 				<xs:attribute name="author"
> type="xs:string"/>
> 				<xs:attribute name="entryDateTime"
> type="DateTime"/>
> 			</xs:extension>
> 		</xs:simpleContent>
> 	</xs:complexType>
> 	<xs:simpleType name="DateTime">
> 		<xs:restriction base="xs:dateTime">
> 			<xs:pattern 
> value="\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d:\d\d(Z|(\+|-)\d\d:\d\d)"/>
> 		</xs:restriction>
> 	</xs:simpleType>
> 	<xs:complexType name="LingualString">
> 		<xs:simpleContent>
> 			<xs:extension base="xs:string">
> 				<xs:attribute name="lang"
> type="xs:language"/>
> 			</xs:extension>
> 		</xs:simpleContent>
> 	</xs:complexType>
> </xs:schema>
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <OL xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="MSXMLBug.xsd">
> 	<Note lang="en-us" author="String" 
> entryDateTime="2001-12-17T09:30:47-05:00">String</Note>
> 	<ShipNote lang="en-us" author="String" 
> entryDateTime="2001-12-17T09:30:47-05:00">String</ShipNote>
> </OL>
> 
> 
> 
> > > Validating the file MSXMLBug.xml as-is results in a message
> > > about the schema being nondeterministic.
> > > 
> > > When I remove the substitutionGroup="Note" from the ShipNote 
> > > element, the validates completes without errors.
> > > 
> > > My best guess here is that the validator is treating the local 
> > > elements Note and ShipNote as global elements. With this 
> being the 
> > > case, the Note substitution group head could contain 
> either a Note 
> > > or a ShipNote element, leading to the nondeterminism.
> > > 
> > > My understanding of the Schema Rec is that local elements cannot 
> > > participate in substitution groups.
> > > 
> > > Is this a known MSXML bug?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > > 
> > > Mark
> > > 
>  
>

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