- From: Hans-Werner Bartels <bartelh@itereu.de>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 09:25:40 +0200
- To: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
- Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.2.20030703092004.02983db0@194.59.170.38>
I am wonder ing if XML Schema can be used to decribe XML data structures with elements which have at least 2 different child elements which may occur more than once in arbitrary order. To give an example from XHMTL: 1. version of a <p> element: <p>This is a <b>paragraph</b> with <b>bold</> and <u>underlined</u>content. It seems <u>impossible</u> to properly decribe this in XML schema.</p> 2. version of a <p> element <p>This is a <u>paragraph</u> with <b>bold</> and <u>underlined</u>content. It seems <u>impossible</u> to properly decribe this in XML schema.</p> My problem is the the <xsd:sequence> tags would request a knowledge of the exact sequence of <b> and <u> tags which is impossible. The only way would be to use the <all> tag, but then I am only allowed to use 1 occurance of <b> or <u> which seems to be an unacceptable restriction. Or I can use the <xsd:any> tag but then validation becomes meaningless. Am I missing something or is this a flaw in XML Schema? Hans-Werner Bartels Phone: +49 89 3299 4173 ITER Garching JWS Fax: +49 89 3299 4313 Boltzmannstr. 2 e-mail: bartelh@merlin.itereu.de 85748 Garching Germany
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