Point taken. <xsd:redefine> is the only one that comes close.
<xsd:include> and <xsd:import> "give" you all the definitions from the other schema which give you resue, rather than inheritance. Liberal use of abstract types and elements and subsitution groups in the including schema give some level of "inheritance simulation".
John
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I don't see <xsd:include> or <xsd:import> as being much like inheritance.
They are more like java "import" or C/C++ #include.
I'd say <xsd:extension>, <xsd:restriction>, and <xsd:redefine> are more
like OO inheritance. I suppose this depends on seeing <xsd:complexType> as
being the thing which is analogous to a class, not the whole schema file.
To me a schema file is more analogous to, well, a file in an OO language
where you can define multiple classes per file.
Eric
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You could use <xsd:include>, <xsd:import> or <xsd:redefine>
John
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-----Original Message-----
From: ug7k [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 24 March 2002 13:09
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Subject: Schema inheritance??
hallo,
is it possible to define "inheritance" relation between
XML-Schemas, similar to class ineritance in JAVA?
For example, when i define an XML-Schema to
describe "dog",can i specify that it inherits from the
XML-Schema for "animal"?
Thanks in advannce.
zhou
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