- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:14:47 +0000
- To: gayathri veerarajan <gaytri_v@yahoo.co.in>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
gayathri veerarajan <gaytri_v@yahoo.co.in> writes:
> In section 4.6(substitution group) of XML Schema Part 0 :Primer we
> have two element declarations "CustomerComment" and "ShipComment"
> which are assigned to a substitution group whose head element is
> "comment".With these declarations CustomerComment and ShipComment
> elements can be substituted for comment. I would like to know
> whether with this declaration alone, is the reverse possible. that
> is, can the element comment be substituted in the place of the other
> two elements. OR should I need to declare comment as substitutable
> for these elements.
No and no. The relationship is one-way, and forms a tree.
ht
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