RE: [Update #2] XML Schema 1.1 Tutorial

Thanks again Noah. Great suggestion! See slide 24:

 http://www.xfront.com/xml-schema-1-1/xml-schema-1-1.ppt

/Roger



> -----Original Message-----
> From: noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com [mailto:noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:41 PM
> To: Costello, Roger L.
> Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [Update #2] XML Schema 1.1 Tutorial
> 
> Suggestion:
> 
> I think the changes to support non-deterministic content 
> models involving 
> <any> is a big deal, and it would be good to highlight that in the 5 
> minute intro along with the syntax changes to <any>
> 
> Use case is:
> 
> You have a content model like:
> 
>         <sequence>
>                 <element ref="a" />
>                 <element ref="optionalelement" minOccurs="0" />
>                 <!-- want to allow extensions here -->
>  
>         </sequence>
> 
> You want an optional wildcard at the end, and for whatever 
> reason prefer 
> not to use openContent (you like the explicit <any>, you want 
> to control 
> exactly where the extenion points are and some may not be at the end, 
> etc.)  So, you want:
> 
>         <sequence>
>                 <element ref="a" />
>                 <element ref="optionalelement" minOccurs="0" />
>                 <!-- want to allow extensions here -->
>                 <any minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
>         </sequence>
> 
> In XSD 1.0 you could not do this, because an <optionalelement 
> /> in the 
> instance matched both the explicit particle and the wildcard. 
>  In XSD 1.1, 
> this does what you want.  I think that's worth pointing out.  Also, 
> <openContent> works in the presence of optional elements, so 
> there's no 
> ambiguity problem with that in XSD 1.1 either.  Content will 
> match the 
> explicit element particle in preference to either an <any> or 
> openContent. 
>  I'm fairly sure that if there is an ambiguity between an <any> and 
> <openContent> the tie goes to the explicit <any>.  In 
> general, openContent 
> only gets checked if you were otherwise about to fail validation.  I 
> think.
> 
> Noah
> 
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> "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
> Sent by: xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org
> 08/08/2009 01:27 PM
>  
>         To:     "xmlschema-dev@w3.org" <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
>         cc:     (bcc: Noah Mendelsohn/Cambridge/IBM)
>         Subject:        [Update #2]  XML Schema 1.1 Tutorial
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Here are the updates I made to the XML Schema 1.1 Tutorial:
> 
>     1. I received many excellent comments and 
>        incorporated them.
> 
>     2. I created 20 lab exercises. I recommend 
>        working the exercises as you read through 
>        the tutorial.
> 
> 
> Here is the updated tutorial:
> 
> http://www.xfront.com/xml-schema-1-1/xml-schema-1-1.ppt
> 
> 
> Here is the updated tutorial + labs + examples:
> 
> http://www.xfront.com/xml-schema-1-1/xml-schema-1-1.zip
> 
> 
> As always, please let me know if there is anything in the 
> tutorial that is 
> unclear or if you find a typo. 
> 
> /Roger
> 
> 
>

Received on Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:12:15 UTC