Question regarding DR 09-0216

[rjelliffe at allette.com.au]

In any case, 'conforming to a schema' in this kind of nested, indirect way
is not defined in any standard, though not a difficult informal concept.
(The closest is IS10747 HyTime architectural forms, but they are more like
html:*/@class   class attributes.)

Cheers
Rick

> I think Doug makes a good point. It should not be a requirement that
> custom XML conforms to the attached schema. The document may be
> intentionally incomplete, for example if it is being exchanged with
> co-authors who will add further text and custom XML before it is complete.
> To insist that custom XML should be valid according to the attached schema
> would, in my opinion, be like insisting that the text of a valid WML
> document should not contain any spelling errors: wrong in principle and
> unworkable in practice.
>
> Francis
>