Re: xsi:type

Joe Forrest <curiousmejf@yahoo.com> writes:

> 
> Thanks Henry! Does this mean, in the above example, if
> only one of the elements has xsi:type, then the
> uniqueness constraint won't work:
> <books ...>
>   <isbn xsi:type="xsd:decimal">1234.0</isbn>
>   <isbn>1234</isbn>
> </books>

No violation, the two <isbn> elements have _different_ values, i.e. a
decimal and an anySimpleType.

> Well, I presume, if the xsi:type is in the second isbn
> and not in the first isbn, above, then, the constraint
> would be enforced. Is it true?.

No, still _different_ values, one anySimpleType and one decimal.

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