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I think you can just omit the xs:all from the groups you want to compose.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Pita [mailto:carlosjosepita@y...] 
> Sent: 31 March 2005 14:09
> To: xml-dev@l...
> Subject:  all group composition
> 
> It seems as if this email has been rejected
> so I'm reposting it. Sorry if you get it twice.
> Regards,
> Carlos
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Is it possible to compose unordered group models
> using xml schema? I need to validate two elements
> with a lot of common children but I prefer not
> imposing any particular ordering on them. I would
> like to factorize the 80% of common children into
> an <all> group and then join them to the rest:
> 
> <xs:group name="common">
>   <xs:all>
>     ....
>   </xs:all>
> </xs:group>
> 
> <xs:group name="group1">
>   <xs:all>
>     <xs:group ref="common"/>
>     ....
>   </xs:all>
> </xs:group>
> 
> <xs:group name="group2">
>   <xs:all>
>     <xs:group ref="common"/>
>     ....
>   </xs:all>
> </xs:group>
> 
> Of course I can't do this because <all> must be top
> level in the group and moreover it can't contain <group>.
> 
> Is it possible to achieve the factorization in another way?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> Regards,
> Carlos.
> 
> 
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