Re: complexType : extension of a sequence by a choice ?

"Bruno Chatel" <bcha@chadocs.net> writes:

> All examples I found on extension on a complexType are done by
> appending one (or more) elements to  a sequence content model 
> (by a sequence in xs:extension).

> Nevertheless, the schema (example of the previous message) is
> validate by XSV.

As your other reply said, the result of an extension is always a
sequence of the extended model followed by the extending model.  This
is in principle a _new_ sequence, not a change to an old one, although
the REC does make some attempt to avoid pointless nesting of sequences
within sequences.

ht
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