Re: Facets

Another way to do this, which may or may not be convenient, is to use an 
XSLT script to tailor a schema for each of your hardware types.  XSLT can 
read multiple documents, so you could have one input document that's a 
skeleton schema, and another with the constraint values, using XSLT to 
merge them.  If you prefer, you could burry the entire skeleton into the 
XSL stylesheet as a template, using a single input document with the key 
values. 

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"Bryce K. Nielsen" <bryce@sysonyx.com>
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02/16/05 12:42 AM

 
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        cc:     (bcc: Noah Mendelsohn/Cambridge/IBM)
        Subject:        Re: Facets



> This method only works if I had previous knowledge of the enumerated
values.
> In my case users create their own set of Types (not a subset of
acceptable
> values by my schema, but literally using their own naming conventions).
For
> instance, depending on the hardware under test, the user will compose a
> totally different measurement Types.
>

Ah. Well, W3C XML Schemas don't inhierently support this "dynamic" schema
contruction. You will probably need to use a stylesheet to validate, or
perhaps schematron.

Bryce K. Nielsen
SysOnyx, Inc. (www.sysonyx.com)
Read the origins of xmlDraft, the Smart XSD Editor:
http://www.sysonyx.com/xml-schema-editor