- From: Stefan Wachter <Stefan.Wachter@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 18:21:13 +0100 (MET)
- To: helen.mauger@rawlinson-hunter.gg
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Maybe you can use a union type:
<simpleType name="DateOrEmpty">
<memberTypes="date">
<simpleType>
<restriction base="string">
<length value="0"/>
</restriction>
<simpleType>
</memberType>
</simpleType>
<element xsi:type="DateOrEmpty"/>
should now be valid.
> Hi
>
> I am creating a schema that has amongst its elements a date element ie
> type
> = xs:date. This element is causing me a headache as it is not mandatory. I
> have been unable to find a way to allow this element to be left blank (I
> have tried setting minOcc to 0 but I get the error "Invalid value for
> datatype date"). I am beginning to thing that I will have to create a
> default of 9999-01-01 to allow people to skip over this field. Can anyone
> tell me different
>
> Thanks
>
> Helen
>
>
>
>
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