RE: [xml-dev] Schema composition questions

["Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>]

> So, regarding 5, I understand that wildcards represent names 
> that "exist" (defined/declared) in the same schema document 
> or in schema documents that are imported or included into it. 

No, I don't think so. A wildcard with processContents="strict" will match
any element declaration having the required name in the entire "schema",
that is, the total set of schema components known to the processor.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/