- From: Dare Obasanjo <dareo@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:56:11 -0700
- To: <mecase@ucdavis.edu>, "XSD" <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
> -----Original Message----- > From: xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org > [mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Michael Case > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:43 PM > To: XSD > Subject: RE: allowing zero to unbounded elements in any order? > > > Sorry to beat a dead horse... > > XML Schema, therefore, can only be used to define a SUBSET of > legal XML documents, right? Yes. > In other words, a file can be a legal XML file and not be > validatable (if thats a word) by XML Schema. No. Any XML file can be validated by an XML Schema. However it is possible that there are constraints you'd like enforced on the structure of your document that are not expressible in W3C XML Schema. -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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