"Michael Kay" <mike@s...> writes:

>> You are right, XSV reports no errors. But my authoring system 
>> uses Xerces.
>> Is there any workaround to this problem?
>
> You might like to try using Saxon for the schema validation: since Saxon 8.2
> it supports the JAXP schema validation API, so in many respects it is
> interchangeable.
>
> (However, I do recognize that using a schema that's invalid according to the
> letter of the XML schema spec is not something one should do lightly).

Agreed.  In this connection, it's worth noting that the W3C XML Schema
WG has said a primary goal for XML Schema 1.1 is to move the normative
definition of restriction as close as possible to the spirit of the
definition in 1.0, i.e. what Saxon and XSV support today. . .

ht
-- 
 Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh
                     Half-time member of W3C Team
    2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440
            Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@i...
                   URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/
[mail really from me _always_ has this .sig -- mail without it is forged spam]

From ht@i... Thu Jan 06 12:08:54 2005
Received: from bar