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Bug 2008 - R-030: Request for clarification of regex notation
Summary: R-030: Request for clarification of regex notation
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: XML Schema
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Datatypes: XSD Part 2 (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0 only
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
QA Contact: XML Schema comments list
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Reported: 2005-09-07 19:58 UTC by Sandy Gao
Modified: 2009-04-21 19:24 UTC (History)
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Description Sandy Gao 2005-09-07 19:58:07 UTC 
This is a request for clarification of the semantics of "XmlCharRef" in regular 
expressions.

See
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-xml-schema-comments/2001AprJun/0255.html
Comment 1 Sandy Gao 2005-09-07 19:58:24 UTC 
The WG agreed that the commentator is correct, and that the production for 
character reference should not be in the grammar.

Alexander Falk proposed the grammar change as part of mail
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2001Sep/0044.html.

Erratum item E2-18 was revised to incorporate this change.