Re: how to redefine a content model

Hello Eddie

Thanks for your reply. You confirm our thoughts that the editors were
incorrect.

Francis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie Robertsson" <erobertsson@allette.com.au>
To: "Francis Brouns" <francis.brouns@ou.nl>
Cc: <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 01:31
Subject: Re: how to redefine a content model


>
> Hi Francis,
>
> Francis Brouns wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >We are having problems extending a content model. We have 2 different
> >schemas. In the first schema we define a content model. In the second
schema
> >we want to re-use the model, but add an element to it at a certain
location.
> >Example:
> >
> >In first schema the model is: test (a | c).
> >In the second schema the model should become: test (a | b | c). It is
> >important that element names remain identical in both schemas.
> >
> >How should we go about this?
> >Redefining a complex type by extension only seems to allow us appending
> >elements, but not inserting elements at specific locations.
> >Can we redefine a group to obtain this result?
> >
> >Would the following be valid? In schema 1 define a group:
> > <xs:group name="testGroup">
> >  <xs:choice>
> >   <xs:element ref="a"/>
> >   <xs:element ref="c"/>
> >  </xs:choice>
> > </xs:group>
> >
> > <xs:element name="test">
> >    <xs:complexType">
> >       <xs:choice>
> >         <xs:group ref="testGroup"/>
> >       </xs:choice>
> >   </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> >
> >and in schema 2 redefine the group (and of course declare the new
element)
> > <xs:redefine schemaLocation="schema1.xsd">
> >  <xs:group name="testGroup">
> >   <xs:choice>
> >    <xs:element ref="a"/>
> >    <xs:element name="b"/>
> >    <xs:element ref="c"/>
> >   </xs:choice>
> >  </xs:group>
> > </xs:redefine>
> >
> >According to XML Spy and Turbo XML this would be valid; XSV reports
errors:
> >
> you can use redefine to get your desired results but you can't do it in
> the way you have specified above. XML Spy and Turbo XML are incorrect in
> this case and XSV is correct (even though it should produce an error and
> not crash ;-)). This is specified in the spec at [1] in the section
> "Schema Representation Constraint: Redefinition Constraints and
> Semantics". The relevant paragraph is 6 which says:
>
> "6 Within the [children], for each <group> the appropriate case among
> the following must be true:
>    6.1 If it has a <group> among its contents at some level the ·actual
> value· of whoseref [attribute] is the same as the ·actual value· of its
> ownname attribute plus target namespace, then all of the following must
> be true:
>       6.1.1 It must have exactly one such group.
>       6.1.2 The ·actual value· of both that group's minOccurs
> andmaxOccurs [attribute] must be 1 (or ·absent·).
>    6.2 If it has no such self-reference, then all of the following must
> be true:
>       6.2.1 The ·actual value· of its own name attribute plus target
> namespace must successfully ·resolve· to a model group definition in I.
>       6.2.2 The {model group} of the model group definition which
> corresponds to it per XML Representation of Model Group Definition
> Schema Components (§3.7.2) must be a ·valid restriction· of the {model
> group} of that model group definition in I, as defined in Particle Valid
> (Restriction) (§3.9.6)."
>
> Your redefinition above is incorrect because it doesn't have a <group>
> among its contents whose ref is the same as the actual value of its own
> name so 6.1 is not true. Instead you have started of specifying 6.2 and
> 6.2.1 is satisfied but the problem is with 6.2.2 which only allows you
> to specify a content model which is a *restriction* of the original
> group. In your case you have specified an extension which can't be done
> like this.
> The correct way to specify an extension of a group in a redefinition is
> to use the path from 6.1 where you need a reference to the original
> group. Here is what the correct redefinition should look like (in
schema2):
>
>   <xs:redefine schemaLocation="schema1.xsd">
>   <xs:group name="testGroup">
>    <xs:choice>
>     <xs:group ref="testGroup"/>
>     <xs:element name="b"/>
>    </xs:choice>
>   </xs:group>
>  </xs:redefine>
>
> Cheers,
> /Eddie
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#modify-schema
>
> >
> ><schemaDocAttempt URI='file:/D:/schema2.xsd' outcome='success'
> >source='redefine'/>
> ><bug>validator crash during command line:
> >Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "d:\work\XMLinter\fschema\XMLSchemaCore.py", line 468, in
> >checkinSchema
> >  File "d:\work\XMLinter\fschema\XMLSchemaCore.py", line 250, in fromFile
> >  File "d:\work\XMLinter\fschema\layer.py", line 275, in fromFile
> >  File "d:\work\XMLinter\fschema\layer.py", line 359, in processElement
> >  File "d:\work\XMLinter\fschema\layer.py", line 396, in processElement
> >  File "d:\work\XMLinter\fschema\XMLSchemaElt.py", line 712, in init
> >AttributeError: 'Choice' instance has no attribute 'redefine'
> ></bug>
> >
> >Any pointers would be welcome.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Francis Brouns
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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