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Kasimier Buchcik writes:
>> > <element id="id_Afghanistan" name="Afghanistan" type="countryItemType"
>> > substitutionGroup="CountryItemHead" fixed="" nillable="true" />
>
> [...]
>
> HST wrote:
>> Also, under the circumstances, 'nillable="true"' is pointless, as it
>> means elements validated by that decl _may_ be empty even if their
>> type doesn't allow that, but the type _does_ allow that, so . . .
>
> If an xsi:nil="true" gives the extra information that the element is NIL
> via PSVI, then this is not pointless, since NIL is different from an
> empty element. I guess that's the most wanted effect of xsi:nil:
> providing a way of expressing a content of NIL.
You're right, thanks,
ht
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