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Within the Schema for Schema documents [1], the complex type "assertion" declares an attribute "test" as follows: <xs:attribute name="test" type="string"/> The qualified name "string" does not resolve to any type. Analogously, the complex type altType declares an attribute test as follows: <xs:attribute name="test" type="string" use="optional"/> Again, the qualified name string does not resolve to any type. References [1]: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xmlschema11-1-20070830/#normative-schemaSchema
Thanks for the catch. I think the right thing to do first of all is for the editors to make a proposal for a fix, and then discuss it in the WG. I'm marking this 'needsDrafting' as well as 'needsAgreement' to suggest that we should not bother with a phase-1 discussion until we have a proposal to discuss.
In an effort to make better use of Bugzilla, we are going to use the 'severity' field to classify issues by perceived difficulty. This bug is getting severity=minor to reflect the existing whiteboard note 'easy'.
A wording proposal including changes for this issue went to the WG on 7 February 2008: http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/06/xmlschema-1/structures.consent.200801.html#composition (member-only link).
The 'Structures Omnibus 1' proposal mentioned in an earlier comment was adopted by the XML Schema Working Group today. http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2004/06/xmlschema-1/structures.consent.200801.html (member-only link) The XML Schema WG believes that the changes adopted today resolve this issue fully. I'm changing its status accordingly. The change in status should cause email to be sent to the originator of this issue, to whom the following request is addressed. Please review the changes adopted and let us know if you agree with this resolution of your issue, by adding a comment to the issue record and changing the Status of the issue to Closed. Or, if you do not agree with this resolution, please add a comment explaining why. If you wish to appeal the WG's decision to the Director, then also change the Status of the record to Reopened. If you wish to record your dissent, but do not wish to appeal the decision to the Director, then change the Status of the record to Closed. If we do not hear from you in the next two weeks, we will assume you agree with the WG decision.
I reviewed the resolution and I agree with it. Thank you. Paolo