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Subject: RE: [ubl-ndrsc] [Fwd: FW: [oagis-users] UserArea Extensions for Version 8.0]
- From: "GLACE, Jessica" <[email protected]>
- To: "'Eve L. Maler'" <[email protected]>,"Burcham, Bill" <[email protected]>
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 16:59:56 -0400
Title: RE: [ubl-ndrsc] [Fwd: FW: [oagis-users] UserArea Extensions for Version 8.0]
In the Schema Design rules we provided to a client recently we said the following regarding wildcards:
Advantages:Wildcards can be useful when a project is beginning and it is unclear what content will be required at certain points within an XML instance document, or where part of an XML instance document should be unconstrained (e.g., it is a memo or notes field).
Disadvantages:Wildcard declarations place very minor restrictions on the information that can be used in place of them. This can lead to a proliferation of uncontrolled XML instance documents.Wildcard declarations can lead to non-deterministic content models.Use of wildcards may add an additional level of complexity to a schema.
Rule: Data-centric schemas MUST NOT use wildcards.
Justification: Although wildcards can be useful in some situations, the additional level of complexity they add to a schema does not outweigh their potential advantages. In addition, their use can be counter to efforts to control the types of information that can appear in XML instance documents.
Our UBL requirements may be different, but I thought this may be helpful.
Kind regards,
Jessica Glace, CPIM
LMI (www.lmi.org)
2000 Corporate Ridge
McLean, VA 22102-7805
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