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Re: XML Schema complex type restriction

  • From: Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@gmail.com>
  • To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:07:59 +0530

Re:  XML Schema complex type restriction
On 25 September 2017 at 19:50, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
Both these problems can be addressed by defining the restrictions using assertions. I think this is how I would normally do it in XSD 1.1.

Here's the syntax of complex type restrictions as specified by XSD 1.1 spec:

<complexContent
  id = ID
  mixed = boolean
  {any attributes with non-schema namespace . . .}>
  Content: (annotation?, (restriction | extension))
</complexContent>

<restriction
  base = QName
  id = ID
  {any attributes with non-schema namespace . . .}>
  Content: (annotation?, openContent?, (group | all | choice | sequence)?, ((attribute | attributeGroup)*, anyAttribute?), assert*)
</restriction>

The notion of this restriction concept, excluding the effect of <assert> is essentially same as defined in XSD 1.0. 
Although XSD 1.1 introduces new prose in this respect. In a nutshell, the complex type <restriction> defines that content model inside it
is subsumptive (i.e it has fewer options) of the base type's content model. But the use of <assert> here can choose to violate or
not violate this subsumptive notion. Therefore, using <assert> is a double edged sword at this place. May be the XSD 1.1 spec, could
have chosen to explain this behavior of <assert> in complex type restrictions. As of now, I cannot find this explanation in XSD 1.1 spec. 



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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi


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