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 A while back, we got rid of the RootElement attribute from the XSchema element. The reason was that an XSchema could just be a set of elements to be included elsewhere. If you wanted to know what the root was, you could look at the top element in the XML file. I now believe we should bring RootElement back as an optional attribute (NMTOKEN, #IMPLIED). The primary reason is for authoring, although it would also be useful in DTD exploration. For example, suppose I have a generic XML editor. I pick an XSchema from a list of XSchemas and want to start writing. But where do I start? If the XSchema is just a set of elements, I can pick my own root. But if the XSchema creator had a starting place in mind, like the <HTML> element in HTML, I need to start in the correct place or I won't create a valid file. Therefore, the XSchema should provide this information. When an XSchema element is used as a subelement, the RootElement attribute is ignored. This is the case in which a stand-alone XSchema is included inside a larger, comprehensive XSchema. -- Ron Bourret xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...) 
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