Re: [xml-dev] Validation of missing elements in xml:

["Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@gmail.com>]

Probably you are right. I think I was thinking on the right track,
because xs:token is derived from xs:string!

Regards,
Mukul

On 4/5/06, Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com> wrote:
> Hi Mukul,
>
> Le mardi 04 avril 2006 à 16:04 +0530, Mukul Gandhi a écrit :
> > On 4/4/06, Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > <xs:simpleType name="mystring">
> > >   <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
> > >      <xs:minLength value="1"/>
> > >      <xs:pattern value="[A-Za-z]{1,}&#x20;*[A-Za-z]{1,}"/>
> > >   </xs:restriction>
> > > </xs:simpleType>
> >
> > Sorry, there is no need of <xs:minLength value="1"/>
>
> I am not convinced that
>
> <xs:simpleType name="mystring">
>   <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
>      <xs:pattern value="<<magic regular expression here>>"/>
>   </xs:restriction>
> </xs:simpleType>
>
> could be considered better (or simpler) than:
>
> <xs:simpleType name="mystring">
>   <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
>      <xs:minLength value="1"/>
>   </xs:restriction>
> </xs:simpleType>
>
> If your regular expression was right, you could allow the same set of
> text nodes but I don't really see the benefit...
>
> Eric
>
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