Re: [xml-dev] Where have the element types gone?

[Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>]

At 05:55 PM 07/12/01 +0100, Eric van der Vlist wrote:
><xs:element name="isbn" type="pub:isbn"/>
>my instance document is:
><book>
>  <isbn>....</isbn>
>...
></book>
>and determining that the content of <isbn> is a isbn number as defined by the namespace prefixed as "pub" requires to process the schema.

Is it just me, or is there an odor of architectural forms 
in the room? -Tim