Re: Validity Rule - Where does Element's {abstract} appear?

Michael Anderson <michael@research.canon.com.au> writes:

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> Actually, the reason I was not looking there was because I was trying to
> validate a document element against an Element Declaration which was abstract.
> As the document element never appears in an element sequence, the test for
> {abstract}( must be false ) is never tested.

Good catch -- we'll have to fix that.

> <details>

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> </details>

> So am I (again :~) missing some rule that causes the {abstract} test
> to apply to the document element?  If so, are there any other rules
> that apply specifically to the document element?

No, you've found a hole (two, actually) -- thanks.

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