Re: Why No Abstract on SimplyType?

Neil Bradley <neil.bradley@rubus.com> writes:

> The Abstract attribute may be used on the ComplexType element. But it cannot
> be used on the SimpleType element. Why?
> 
> I had thought it might be to reinforce a rule that abstract types cannot be
> based on concrete types, yet this is actually possible with complex types.

I can't reconstruct the original arguments against this, but there
were some.  It's under discussion as a possible 1.1 feature.

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