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On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 16:25, Dare Obasanjo wrote:
> It can't be done. You need to at least provide a name for the top level element. What you can do is specify that the content model of an element can be any content.
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That's what I'd feared.
This seems a considerable flaw in XML Schema and by association WSDL.
To elaborate on why we wanted such a schema...
It's our practical observation that a loosely-coupled document based
web-service ought only apply constraints to enforce tight/tighter
coupling as necessary (typically production) but when possible the
constraints are best kept loose - this is particularly the case during
development, when data model and process may be in flux.
In other words the development philosophy is - create the
service/process and constrain after the fact as necessary.
It seems like XSD and WSDL approach the world with the opposite
philosophy mandating that a schema be developed before the service.
Peter Rodgers
1060 NetKernel http://www.1060.org
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