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Dave Evans writes:

> I think that this instance document should fail, because all of
> its attribute values, which are "the null string", are of types
> which should not admit the missing value/null string.  However,
> validation seems to succeed.  I have enclosed the instance and
> schema documents below.  Can you please let me know whether
> validation should succeed or fail on these?

>    boolean=""
>    duration=""
>    gYearMonth=""
>    gYear=""
>    gMonthDay=""
>    gDay=""
>    gMonth=""

Somewhat embarassingly, XSV has never checked any of the above in any
detail.  The documentation should be clearer on this.

>    language=""

This is the result of a bug, fixed since the last release, will be
fixed as soon as I do a new release.

>    NMTOKENS=""
>    IDREFS=""
>    ENTITIES=""

Another long-standing bug -- fixed in next release.

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