Thanks, very much Mike for the answers. This has helped me.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Michael Kay<mike@s...> wrote:
>>    I have following questions about inheritable attributes,
>> in XML Schema 1.1.
>
> Good questions, and I had to do some careful reading to find the answers.
>>
>> 1. supposing there is an attribute declaration, like following:
>>
>> (a global declaration, and child of xs:schema element)
>>
>> <xs:attribute name="TEST_ATTR" type="xs:integer" />
>>
>> then, can I define an attribute reference like following?
>>
>> (part of complex type definition)
>>
>> <xs:attribute ref="TEST_ATTR" inheritable="true" />
>
> Yes, you can.
>>
>> 2. supposing, we have following attribute declarations
>> present in XML Schema 1.1:
>>
>> (a global declaration, and child of xs:schema element)
>>
>> <xs:attribute name="TEST_ATTR" type="xs:integer"
>> inheritable="false" />
>>
>> (part of complex type definition)
>>
>> <xs:attribute ref="TEST_ATTR" inheritable="true" />
>>
>> These two attribute declarations have conflicting
>> inheritable=xs:boolean values (one is true, and other is false).
>>
>> Should the XML Schema 1.1 processor, give an error in this
>> case? or, one of the inheritable declarations (either name=..
>> or ref=..) will take precedence (if yes, then which one)?
>>
>
> The value on the reference takes priority over the one on the declaration.
> This is the same rule as for "fixed" and "default". The relevant rule is in
> 3.2.2.3, the Mapping Rules for References to Top-level Attribute
> Declarations, where it says that the value of the {inheritable} property on
> the attribute use component is: "The .actual value. of the inheritable
> [attribute], if present, otherwise {attribute declaration}.{inheritable}.";
> and when it comes to validation rules, it's the property on the attribute
> use that counts, except in the case where there is no relevant attribute use
> (for example, if the attribute matches a wildcard), in which case it's the
> value on the declaration that counts.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Kay
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Mukul Gandhi