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- From: "Simon St.Laurent" <SimonStL@classic.msn.com>
- To: xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 98 15:06:23 UT
> > Required Fixed AttValue XML 1.0 Value
> > -------- ----- -------- --------------------------------
> > No Yes <value> error [2]
> > No No <value> error [2]
> >
> > [2] In XML, a default attribute value effectively implies that an
> > attribute is required; that is, that it always has a value.
>
> Not quite -- "#REQUIRED" means "must be provided in the document text",
> not "always has a value". The defaulting mechanism applies in both cases
> above, they're not errors.
>
>You are right. I was thinking about the end result, not what the XML file
>looked like. Simon -- is this worth clarifying in the spec (your call)?
I'll add a table identifying these - based on your table - to section 2.4.
Coming soon!
Simon St.Laurent
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