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

noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com writes:

> I >think< we've actually had some user requests for such extension of 
> "all", but unless Michael Kay is making such a request now (I don't think 
> he is), I can't immediately find the reference.  I think it's a nice to 
> have, but have no personal urgent need for such a new feature.  In any 
> case the fact that it would violate the invariant quoted above doesn't 
> particularly bother me.

I think it should bother you, because it's fundamental for any versioning
strategy which expects V1 software to process V2 instances by
depending on the invariants, which I at least think is a very sensible
approach.

ht
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