Re: [xml-dev] Terminology question - best way to state how name,minOccu

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

Hi Ken,

> Why come up with new names for things?

Other technologies -- such as DFDL -- use XML Schema as a host language. DFDL uses the term properties. Hence, my question.

/Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: G. Ken Holman <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 1:17 PM
To: Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org>; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: [EXT] Re: [xml-dev] Terminology question - best way to state how name, minOccurs, maxOccurs, type are positioned within XML Schemas?

Per the specification, the declarations in the schema expression 
describe the components of the schema used to test constraints 
against the input.

Why come up with new names for things?

. . . . Ken

At 2020-08-04 16:16 +0000, Roger L Costello wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>As you know, an XML Schema can specify a name for an element, the 
>minimum and maximum number of occurrences, the type, and other 
>things. I will refer to these things as properties, i.e., name, 
>minOccurs, maxOccurs, type are properties of an element.
>
>Given that terminology, which of these is best:
>
>(1) Properties are expressed as attributes.
>
>(2) Properties are implemented as attributes.
>
>(3) Properties are represented as attributes.
>
>(4) Something else - what?
>
>/Roger
>
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