Re: Problem with .NET - Invalid particle derivation by restriction

The more I thought about this, the less I thought I was right to let
.NET off the hook on this one, even though it's a subject that's been
discussed in great detail.  Maybe it's just late on Friday and I'm not
too acute. . .

Anyway, here goes -- Dare, why doesn't the argument go like this:

Base particle (call it *B*, per Schema Component Constraint: Particle
Valid (Restriction) [1]):

Particle[
 min: 1
 max: 1
 term: Model Group[compositor: sequence
                   particles: < Particle[min: 0
                                         max: unbounded
                                         term: Wildcard[...] ] > ]

Restricting particle (call it *R*, ditto):

Particle[
 min: 1
 max: 1
 term: Model Group[compositor: sequence
                   particles: < Particle[min: 1
                                         max: 1
                                         term: ElementDecl[...] ],
                                Particle[min: 0
                                         max: 1
                                         term: ElementDecl[...] ] > ]


So lets work through Schema Component Constraint: Particle Valid
(Restriction) clause by clause:

1) They're not the same particle, so
2.1) No substitution groups involved;
2.2) Ignore pointless occurences
     Aha!  The top Particle of *B* is pointless:
       2.2.2.1 is True (its min and max are 1)
       2.2.2.2 is true, because 2.2.2.2.1 is true.

So now we proceed to the table, with the *B* which results from
ignoring the top Particle of the old *B*, i.e.

Particle[min: 0
         max: unbounded
         term: Wildcard[...] ]

So we take the box, which leads us to Schema Component Constraint:
Particle Derivation OK (All/Choice/Sequence:Any --
NSRecurseCheckCardinality) [2], which is clearly going to work.

So I claim you schema is actually OK, and .NET is wrong -- Dare?

ht

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#cos-particle-restrict
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#rcase-NSRecurseCheckCardinality
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Received on Friday, 10 October 2003 13:27:23 UTC