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I've been looking at the HL7 schema and I see that a type is defined to be an extension of an xs:anyType, as shown below... <xsd:complexType name="varies"> <xsd:complexContent> <xsd:extension base="xsd:anyType"/> </xsd:complexContent> </xsd:complexType> I've seen (incorrect) comments on the web that say this is an attempt to define an empty element. Is this HL7's intent? Or is it just an attempt to map the name 'varies' to xsd:anyType? The above type is then used in the following situation... <xsd:complexType name="MFA.5.CONTENT"> <xsd:complexContent> <xsd:extension base="varies"> <xsd:attributeGroup ref="MFA.5.ATTRIBUTES"/> </xsd:extension> </xsd:complexContent> </xsd:complexType> What sorts of XML instances should this map to? An empty element with attributes as defined in the attributeGroup? Or, any number of attributes and element body content, that must also include the set of attributes defined in the attributeGroup? i.e. is this some way of defining an extensible instance? Thanks for any explanations. Pete. -- ============================================= Pete Cordell Tech-Know-Ware Ltd for XML to C++ data binding visit http://www.tech-know-ware.com/lmx (or http://www.xml2cpp.com) =============================================
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