Michael Beckerle created DAFFODIL-2143:
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Summary: dfdl:initiatedContent="yes" on sequence should only
affect optional children
Key: DAFFODIL-2143
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-2143
Project: Daffodil
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Back End
Affects Versions: 2.4.0
Reporter: Michael Beckerle
Fix For: 2.4.0
EDIFACT uses sequences which have dfdl:initiatedContent="yes" but one or more
of the child elements of the sequence is required, not optional.
Daffodil appears to execute a discriminator=true behavior even for these
required elements, which means the point of uncertainty being discriminated is
some enclosing one, as the element itself in the sequence doesn't have one.
The DFDL Spec clearly says that the initiatedContent only affects optional
elements.
The right thing is for a required child to ignore initiatedContent.
If all children of a sequence are required and the sequence has
initiatedContent, that should at least be a warning, because the
initiatedContent property would then be entirely ignored. This case does come
up in EDIFACT.
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