RE: Extensible enumerations in XML Schema

Hello George,

Thanks for your valuable comments :-) Please find my answers inline below:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ext George Cristian Bina [mailto:george@oxygenxml.com] 
>Subject: Re: Extensible enumerations in XML Schema

>You can define the base state to be anySimpleType. Then define 
>the extendedRequestState as a union:
>
><xs:simpleType name="extendedRequestState">
>     <xs:union memberTypes="ns0:RequestState">
>       <xs:simpleType>
>         <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
>           <xs:enumeration value="open.running.new1"/>
>           <xs:enumeration value="open.running.new1"/>
>           <xs:enumeration value="open.running.new1"/>
>         </xs:restriction>
>       </xs:simpleType>
>     </xs:union>
>   </xs:simpleType>

>From my understanding that should also work, when the baseState is a string, but it does not. What's the reason for that? 

>As a side note, in Relax NG that is really easy

I'm bound to XML Schema, sorry. But interesting to read, how it is done with Relax NG.

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