Hi Thomas,

Actually, ##other _does_ require the matching attribute(s) to be in a
namespace.  The original XML Schema rec was contradictory, but an erratum
[1] corrected it.

Hope that helps,
Priscilla
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Priscilla Walmsley             priscilla@w...
Author, Definitive XML Schema     (Prentice Hall PTR)
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[1] http://www.w3.org/2001/05/xmlschema-errata#e1-11



> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmlschema-dev-request@w... 
> [mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w...] On Behalf Of thomas smith
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:48 AM
> To: xmlschema-dev@w...
> Subject: anyAttribute ##other?
> 
> 
> hi all,
> 
> I have a question with respect to anyAttribute functionality. 
> Consider the 
> following XML excerpt
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <object xmlns="urn:foo:ob" xmlns:it="urn:foo:it" 
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
> .....
> <item param="value1" it:test="value2"/>
> .....
> </object>
> 
> now, my schema needs to express/restrict that
> 
> 1. the item element (in the urn:foo:ob NS) has a required 
> attribute param 
> (no NS prefix required).
> 
> 2. the item element (in the urn:foo:ob NS) can have multiple optional 
> attributes (anyAttribute) from a NS other than urn:foo:ob. 
> These attributes 
> must have a NS prefix.
> 
> Note that using anyAttribute="##other" is not sufficient, as 
> this still 
> allows to add attributes without NS prefix.
> 
> can someone help me ahead with this problem?
> many thanks
> thomas
> 
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