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Re: Objections to / uses of PSVI?

• To: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>
• Subject: Re: Objections to / uses of PSVI?
• From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@j...>
• Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 11:03:56 +0100
• Cc: Rich Salz <rsalz@d...>, xml-dev <xml-dev@l...>
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• Reply-to: Jeni Tennison <jeni@j...>

Ron,

>>> Would you be averse to something PSVI-like if it only meant
>>> returning a much-restricted set of simple data types?
>> 
>> If you only had primitive types, then don't you lose default values
>> for complex types?
>
> Complex types can have default values? Are you sure? My reading of
> the spec (the definition of {value constraint} in section 3.3.2) is
> anything but definitive, but I think it means that only simple
> element types can have defaults. On the other hand "Schema
> Information Set Contribution: Element Default Value" in section
> 3.3.5 seems to hint that complex types can have defaults. Must have
> forgotten my schema spec decoder ring today ... mumble ... mumble
> ...

You're right with your first reading. Types can't have default values;
only elements and attributes can have default or fixed values. The
"Schema Information Set Constribution: Element Default Value" is
talking about the {value constraint} property on the element
declaration schema component.

Cheers,

Jeni

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Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/

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