Re: Circular types in XML Schemas

Jerome Louvel <jerome_louvel@yahoo.fr> writes:

> >> What does the XML Schema specification says about infinite recursive
> >> types, i.e. the ones that do not have a minOccurs="0" as a loophole?
> > As far as I know, nothing. I think that it's quite difficult for a

Because group references don't exist at the component level, so
circular groups when referenced in a complex type would be infinite.

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