ANN: Algorithm for Merging a simpleType Dependency Chain

["Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>]

Hi Folks,

An XML Schema simpleType can have a base type. And that base type may have a base type. And so on.  Further, the types may be in different schema files and in different namespaces.

Determining the constraints on a simpleType in this "dependency chain" can be challenging.

I created an algorithm for merging all the constraints in the dependency chain and rendering a single, standalone simpleType:

http://www.xfront.com/XML-Schema-library/papers/Algorithm-for-Merging-a-simpleType-Dependency-Chain.pdf

Comments welcome.

/Roger