> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Speight [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:38 AM
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> Subject: [xml-dev] XML Schema: nillable vs. minOccurs
>
> All,
>
> I'm looking for advice on usage of nillable vs. minOccurs.
> When you have an element that is optional should you use
> "nillable=true" or "minOccurs=0" or both? Using both seems to
> make things more complicated than necessary.
I'd use minOccurs="0", nillable just complicates matters. For example,
an element can have xsi:nil="true" in the instance and still have all
its attributes.
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