Re: [xsl] alternate attribute types in xsd

["Wolfgang Laun wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The definition of a simple type can make use of features such as union and
facets. It would help if you would provide an example of what you are
missing.

-W

On 4 August 2017 at 05:02, Andre Cusson akhu01@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am reaching out to this list, as I did not succeed in finding the
> answer in the archives, the web or even in the specs, hoping that
> someone here, possibly having contributed to the specs, may know
> better.
>
> Please forgive me if either I have not found what I should have or if
> this question would have been better asked elsewhere.l
>
> Essencially, the question is something like " how can conditional
> (e.g. alternative) attribute types be defined in xsd.?
>
> If the answer is that "it just can't", or that "the feature is not
> supported", I would appreciate understanding "why?", especially as it
> seems that attribute nodes are nodes, that nodes can have types and
> that attributes types are types.
>
> There seems to be important use cases that would require the feature,
> as well as straight orthogonal design.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Akhu