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Re: XSD Question: what is the current recommendationregarding

• From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
• To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
• Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 09:05:28 -0400

Michael Kay scripsit:

> I still find it a little implausible that there are "business  
> requirements" not to have more than 500 Foo elements. What are these:  
> order lines in a purchase order? Employees in a department? Contact  
> names/addresses for a customer? 

Widgets in a shipping container, perhaps.

-- 
John Cowan   http://ccil.org/~cowan   cowan@ccil.org
'My young friend, if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull
as hard as ever you can, it is my opinion that your acquaintance in the
large-pattern leather ulster' (and by this he meant the Crocodile) 'will
jerk you into yonder limpid stream before you can say Jack Robinson.'
        --the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake

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  • XSD Question: what is the current recommendation regarding largevalues for maxOccurs?
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