- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 08 Nov 2002 10:35:42 +0000
- To: Michael <listes.marchegay@wanadoo.fr>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
Michael <listes.marchegay@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> I'm wondering how length (or pattern) facets shall be handled when used
> to restrict a QName.
>
> Are these facets applied as if the QName was a simple collapsed string
> (the namespace prefix is just considered as a normal portion of the
> string), or does the URI corresponding to the prefix is to be taken into
> account?
This is a recorded issue against the REC [1] with an erratum in
progress. Short answer: length is deprecated wrt QName, processors
should treat length tests on QNames as always-succeed no-ops.
ht
[1] http://www.w3.org/2001/05/xmlschema-rec-comments.xml#pfiQNameFacets
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