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Re: [ebxml-msg] Minor discrepancy between spec and schema

  • 1.  Re: [ebxml-msg] Minor discrepancy between spec and schema

    Posted 01-15-2002 17:25
    David,
    
    attributes and elements aren't necessarily equivalent.
    I would suggest that the schema be modified to be
    consistent with the spec text. It may be important that
    a foriegn attribute be added.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Chris
    
    Arvola Chan wrote:
    
    > The following is an excerpt from Section 3.2.1:
    > 
    > The Reference element has the following attribute content in addition to 
    > the element content described above:
    > 
    > �          id - an XML ID for the Reference element,
    > 
    > �          xlink:type - this attribute defines the element as being an 
    > XLINK simple link. It has a fixed value of 'simple',
    > 
    > �          xlink:href - this REQUIRED attribute has a value that is the 
    > URI of the payload object referenced. It SHALL conform to the XLINK 
    > [XLINK] specification criteria for a simple link.
    > 
    > �          xlink:role - this attribute identifies some resource that 
    > describes the payload object or its purpose. If present, then it SHALL 
    > have a value that is a valid URI in accordance with the [XLINK] 
    > specification,
    > 
    > �          Any other namespace-qualified attribute MAY be present. A 
    > Receiving MSH MAY choose to ignore any foreign namespace attributes 
    > other than those defined above.
    > 
    > The bullet in red is inconsistent with the schema (which does not have 
    > the #wildcard attribute). Since the Reference element already has a 
    > #wildcard sub-element, and we have agreed to uniformly add #wildcard 
    > sub-element to most key elements to provide extensibility, I would 
    > recommend striking out the above bullet in red.
    > 
    > Regards,
    > -Arvola
    > 
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