RE: [xml-dev] W3C Schema Question

["Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>]

How about using a union type? 

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/#UnionDt

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CHIUSANO, Joseph [mailto:JCHIUSANO@lmi.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:17 PM
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> Dear All,
> 
> I have a situation in which I need to anticipate the 
> possibility of 2 different datatypes in a single XML element 
> (I'm thinking xsi:type right now, but I'll continue).  I have 
> an element that can either be a date, or an asterisk.  The 
> date or asterisk will always appear in the same element - 
> i.e. there are not separate elements for these.  So we can have:
> 
> <MyElement>2002-02-02</MyElement>
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> in one XML document, and then:
> 
> <MyElement>*</MyElement>
> 
> in another.
> 
> Is there an efficient way to handle this within a single 
> schema, ensuring that invalid dates are detected?
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Joe Chiusano
> LMI
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