Hi Michael,

I don't understand.

Consider this base type (with mode="interleave") and subtype (with mode="none"):

    <complexType name="Publication" abstract="true">
        <openContent mode="interleave">
            <any />
        </openContent>
        <sequence>
            <element name="Title" type="string" />
            <element name="Author" type="string" />
            <element name="Date" type="gYear"/>
        </sequence>
    </complexType>

    <complexType name="BookPublication">
        <complexContent>
            <extension base="pub:Publication">
                <openContent mode="none">
                    <any />
                </openContent>
                <sequence>
                    <element name="ISBN" type="string"/>
                    <element name="Publisher" type="string"/>
                </sequence>
            </extension>
        </complexContent>
    </complexType>

Now I declare the <Book> element to be of type BookPublication:

    <element name="Book" type="pub:BookPublication">

In the instance document, can I insert extension elements around the base type elements: Title, Author, Date? How about around the subtype elements: ISBN, Publisher?

    <Book>
        <Title>My Life and Times</Title> <-- around here?
        <Author>Paul McCartney</Author> <-- around here?
        <Date>1998</Date> <-- around here?
        <ISBN>1-56592-235-2</ISBN> <-- around here?
        <Publisher>McMillin Publishing</Publisher> <-- around here?
    </Book>

Thanks again Michael.

/Roger



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@s...] 
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:05 PM
> To: Costello, Roger L.; xmlschema-dev@w...
> Subject: RE: [XML Schema 1.1] Does mode="none" on a subtype 
> nullify the openness of its parent type?
> 
> >  
> > Thanks Michael. So, by putting mode="none" on a subtype it is 
> > only prohibiting extension elements from being inserted 
> > around the subtypes' elements; extension elements can still 
> > be inserted around the parent type's elements. Is that correct?
> 
> No!
> 
> The content of an element is validated either against the 
> parent type P or
> against the subtype S. If it's validated against P then 
> "extension" elements
> are allowed; it it's validated against S then they aren't. 
> Which type is
> used for validation depends on the type defined in the 
> element declaration
> and/or the value of xsi:type on the instance.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
> http://twitter.com/michaelhkay 
> 
>