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Re: Schema question

• To: "Nada Reinprecht" <Nada_Reinprecht@n...>
• Subject: Re: Schema question
• From: ht@c... (Henry S. Thompson)
• Date: 12 Jun 2003 11:08:50 +0100
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"Nada Reinprecht" <Nada_Reinprecht@n...> writes:

> The problem is:
> there are a, b, c and d entities that can be represented with the same type
> x
> there is e entity that can be represented with type y which is derivation
> of type x.
> there is need to identify a, b, c, d and distinguish between them
> all these entities are used in the same transaction where any combination
> of entities is allowed
> options:
> 
> 1.use elements a type x, b type x, c type x, d type x and e type y; place
> them in the transaction as optional elements; the solution is clean but
> requires rigid order of elements in the transaction.

This is the correct solution in my opinion -- if order does not encode
any information, then imposing an arbitrary order is good, not bad -- leaving
order unconstrained encourages people to suppose that perhaps 

<container>
 <a>...</a>
 <b>...</b>
</container>

actually means something different from

<container>
 <b>...</b>
 <a>...</a>
</container>

However, this is an FARP (Frequently Asserted Religious Position), and
if you're not a devotee, you can use an <all> group to allow any
order, e.g.

 <xs:all>
  <xs:element name="a" type="my:x" minOccurs="0"/>
  <xs:element name="b" type="my:x" minOccurs="0"/>
  <xs:element name="c" type="my:x" minOccurs="0"/>
  <xs:element name="d" type="my:x" minOccurs="0"/>
  <xs:element name="e" type="my:y" minOccurs="0"/>
 </xs:all>

ht
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