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  • Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Getting attributes of XML from XSD...
  • From: "Crawford, Mark" <mark.crawford@sap.com>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:09:00 -0700
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  • Thread-topic: [xml-dev] Getting attributes of XML from XSD...

Michael,  

>> I thought that "fixed" did not imply "required".  Indeed,
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/ says:
>> 
>> "fixed indicates that the attribute value if present must 
>> equal the supplied
>> constraint value, and if absent receives the supplied value 
>> as for default"

>Sorry, my forgetfulness. It's not a facility I have ever found useful.

Actually, this is very useful in the work we are doing with UN/CEFACT.
In many cases we want to use default values for things such as code
lists and code list owners in our schema - i.e. those we (UN/CEFACT)
own.  However, there may be occasions where our users want to use a
different code list.  By using the default value for our attributes we
neatly handle this.

Mark Crawford
SAP Standards Architect
Chair UN/CEFACT XML WG
Chair ISO 15000-5 ebXML Core Components
Chair UN/CEFACT Core Components Harmonization Team




 

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