Re: identity constraints and substitution groups

• From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>
• Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:40:01 +0000
• To: Mark Thornton <mthornton@optrak.co.uk>
• CC: "'xmlschema-dev@w3.org'" <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <197192950508.20020319164001@jenitennison.com>

Hi Mark,

> Do the xpath expressions in an identity constraint have to match the
> actual name of an element or is it sufficient to match a
> substitution group?

I'm afraid that they have to match the actual name of the element.
This is one of the examples of how XPath and XML Schema don't really
gel.

> I.e.  suppose
>
> <xs:element name='column'/>
> <xs:element name='specialColumn' substitutionGroup='column'/>
>
> <xs:key name='kColumn'>
>     <xs:selector xpath='column'/>
>     <!-- etc -->
> </xs:key>

Here, you have to do:

  <xs:key name="kColumn">
    <xs:selector xpath="column | specialColumn" />
    ...
  </xs:key>

and remember to add prefixes if these elements have a target
namespace.

Cheers,

Jeni

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Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/

Received on Tuesday, 19 March 2002 11:40:08 UTC