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Re: XML Schemas: Adding nullable="true" to a ref element

• From: ht@c... (Henry S. Thompson)
• To: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>
• Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:20:28 +0100

"Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...> writes:

> Is this legal:
> 
> <element name="elevation" type="positiveInteger"/>
> <element name="aircraft">
>    <complexType>
>       <element ref="a:elevation" nullable="true"/>
>    </complexType>
> </element>

Yes.

Which aspect of the documentation [1] did you find difficult to
interpret in this regard?  The case which covers <element ref='...'.../>
says explicitly:

{nullable}      The lexical [value] of the nullable [attribute], if
                present, otherwise the {nullable} of [the def'n referred to]

ht

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#declare-element
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