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"Paul Spencer" <xml-dev@b...> writes: > Priti, > > It is not possible. A document with "comment" as the root element is just as > valid as one with "purchaseOrder" as the root element. This is because the > philosophy of XML Schema is to validate at the element level rather than the > document level. > > I regard this side-effect of that philosophy as a weakness, others don't. Weakness or strength, it was pretty much necessary, as reconstructing DTDs was one of the W3C XML Schema WG's prime requirements, and DTDs have this same property. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh Half-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@c... URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail really from me _always_ has this .sig -- mail without it is forged spam]
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