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Re: Re: ASN.1 is an XML Schema Language (Fix those lists!)and

• To: Alessandro Triglia <sandro@m...>
• Subject: Re: Re: ASN.1 is an XML Schema Language (Fix those lists!)and Binary XML not needed
• From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
• Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 16:51:17 +0100
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• Organization: Expway
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Alessandro Triglia wrote:
> The same limitation exists in XML Schema.  If I am not mistaken, even in
> RELAX NG (where it is possible to specify a choice between an element and an
> attribute), you still need to include both in the pattern (so they aren't
> really the *same* component).

I don't think RNG has a notion of component identity though, so stating 
whether they are the same or not might not be meaningful. If you needed 
that information, you could convey it using an annotation.

In Schematron of course you could simply <assert test='foo|@foo'>...

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Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
Research Scientist, Expway      http://expway.com/
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