- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 24 Sep 2002 08:08:42 +0100
- To: rainerbecker.mail@t-online.de (Rainer Becker)
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
rainerbecker.mail@t-online.de (Rainer Becker) writes: > I have a question concerning the following schema and the handling > of whitespaces: > > <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> > > <xsd:element name="Final"> > <xsd:complexType> > <xsd:sequence> > <xsd:element name="Test" type="TestType" /> > </xsd:sequence> > </xsd:complexType> > </xsd:element> > > <xsd:complexType name="TestType"> > <xsd:simpleContent> > <xsd:extension base="xsd:string"> > <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID"/> > </xsd:extension> > </xsd:simpleContent> > </xsd:complexType> > > </xsd:schema> <snip/> > But if i put any whitespaces into the attribute value, the tells me, > that "attribute content is invalid according to DTD/Schema". So > > <Final> > <Test id=" > myId > "></Test> > </Final> > > does not work. The parser tells me that > "Attribute Value is invalid according to Schema" > > The fact is, that ID inherits whitespace="collapse" from > the value space of token. Additionally, ID inherits the > NCName pattern (from the value space of NCName) > > Because the whitespace normalization takes place BEFORE the > attribute value is validated against the schema, the second > instance should be valid too. Can one confirm please? I believe your analysis is correct, and your instance should be OK -- which validator are you getting the error from? ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2002, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail really from me _always_ has this .sig -- mail without it is forged spam]
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