RE: Key/IDREF checking as a pattern fragment

use an IDREFS attribute:

<element do="DEF1 DEF2 DEF3"/>

--Stefan


> Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear: the doThis doThat doSomething was an example
> only: any number of "dos" may occur in any order, and the order is
> important; hence the choice group in the original element-based model.
> Individual attributes will fail to permit repetition or ordering.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stefan Wachter [mailto:Stefan.Wachter@gmx.de]
> > Sent: 29 November 2002 15:15
> > To: Stuart Brown
> > Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
> > Subject: Re: Key/IDREF checking as a pattern fragment
> > 
> > 
> > Why not using
> > 
> > <element doThis="DEF1" doThat="DEF2" doSomethingElse="DEF3"/>
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > Your intention is not feasable.
> > 
> > --Stefan
> > 
> > > 
> > > Hi there,
> > > 
> > > I have an element which, in its content, I wish to be able 
> > to construct a
> > > function sequence which references other elements.  I am 
> > currently using
> > > the
> > > following construct:
> > > 
> > > <xsd:element name="def">
> > >  <xsd:complexType>
> > >   <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID"/>
> > >  </xsd:complexType>
> > > </xsd:element>
> > > 
> > > <xsd:element name="implement">
> > >  <xsd:complexType>
> > >   <xsd:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
> > >    <xsd:element name="doThis">
> > >     <xsd:complexType>
> > >      <xsd:attribute name="use" type="xsd:IDREF"/>
> > >     </xsd:complexType>
> > >    </xsd:element>
> > >    <xsd:element name="doThat">
> > >     <xsd:complexType>
> > >      <xsd:attribute name="use" type="xsd:IDREF"/>
> > >     </xsd:complexType>
> > >    </xsd:element>
> > >    <xsd:element name="doSomethingElseEntirely">
> > >     <xsd:complexType>
> > >      <xsd:attribute name="use" type="xsd:IDREF"/>
> > >     </xsd:complexType>
> > >    </xsd:element>
> > >   </xsd:choice>
> > >  </xsd:complexType>
> > > </xsd:element>
> > > 
> > > Which allows me the following example content:
> > > 
> > > <def id="DEF1"/>
> > > <def id="DEF2"/>
> > > <def id="DEF3"/>
> > > <implement>
> > >  <doThis use="DEF1"/>
> > >  <doThat use="DEF2"/>
> > >  <doSomethingElseEntirely use="DEF3"/>
> > > </implement>
> > > 
> > > However, for the sake of brevity in my instance XML, I 
> > would like to be
> > > able
> > > to concatenate the do* elements and represent them as an 
> > attribute in the
> > > <implement> element, something like the following:
> > > 
> > > <implement 
> > do="doThis(DEF1),doThat(DEF2),doSomethingElseEntirely(DEF3)"/>
> > > 
> > > I can write a xsd:restriction pattern for the attribute 
> > simple type as
> > > follows:
> > > 
> > > <xsd:pattern
> > >
> > value="(doThis|doThat|doSomethingElseEntirely)\(\c+\)(,(doThis
> > |doThat|doSome
> > > thingElseEntirely)\(\c+\))*"/>
> > > 
> > > which (I hope) enforces the function names, the parens, and 
> > a requirement
> > > that the content of the parens by characters permitted by 
> > xsd:NMTOKEN
> > > only,
> > > but (and I bet you saw this coming) is there any way that I 
> > can enforce
> > > the
> > > parens contents to be IDREFs?  At the moment I am 
> > contemplating either
> > > leaving it with my clunky element sequence, or using the 
> > above pattern and
> > > providing additional Schematron (or sim.) validation for the key
> > > validation.
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions would be gratefully received,
> > > 
> > > Stuart
> > > 
> > 
>

Received on Friday, 29 November 2002 10:37:27 UTC