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RE: Best Practice: constrain an element's content by (1)a run-

• From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
• To: "'xml-dev@l...'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:08:34 -0400

 
Hi Rob,

> (3) wrap an Authors element around Author where:
>    ...  
> wouldn't that simplify things?


Perhaps, but that's getting away from the issue. 


The issue is schema design not XML design.

Namely, should a schema be designed in which

- types are selected at run-time, or in which

- elements are selected at run-time using an XPath expression


What do you think?

/Roger

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