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Re: Schema question

• From: ht@c... (Henry S. Thompson)
• To: Brian McAndrews <bmcandre@i...>
• Date: 24 Jun 2000 11:43:55 +0100

Brian McAndrews <bmcandre@i...> writes:

> given the following XML:
> 
> <Store numberOfProducts=3>
> <Inventory>
> <Product>Baseballs</Product>
> <Product>Footballs</Product>
> <Product>Soccerballs</Product>
> </Inventory>
> </Store>
> 
> Let produce a schema:
> 
> <xsd:complexType name="Inventory">
>    <xsd:element name="Product" type="xsd:string"/>
> </xsd:complexType>
> 
> My question is, (how) can I specify that the number of "Product" be equal to
> the attribute "numberOfProducts" in the Store element?

Not in XML Schema v1 -- we made a conscious decision not to implement
instance-parameterised constraints in the first version.

ht
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