[auscope-geosciml] An XML schema question - use of "nillable" with element type "string" [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Oliver.Raymond at ga.gov.au]

Thanks Clemens.  That works.  I thought I had tried this already, but I must have had a typo in my code....  :(


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Subject: Re: [auscope-geosciml] An XML schema question - use of "nillable" with element type "string" [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi Ollie,

with

<element name="primaryGuidingCriterion" type="string" nillable="true">

you can encode an instance element as nil, but without a nilReason attribute. I.e.:

<primaryGuidingCriterion xsi:nil="true" nilReason="unknown"/>

is invalid due to the undeclared nilReason attribute,

<primaryGuidingCriterion xsi:nil="true"/>

is valid.

To allow also nilReason attributes this has to be explicitly declared in the schema, i.e.

      <element name="primaryGuidingCriterion" nillable="true">
        <complexType>
          <simpleContent>
            <extension base="string">
              <attribute name="nilReason" type="gml:NilReasonType"/>
            </extension>
          </simpleContent>
        </complexType>
      </element>

Clemens


Am 22.08.2011 um 00:02 schrieb <Oliver.Raymond at ga.gov.au<mailto:Oliver.Raymond at ga.gov.au>> <Oliver.Raymond at ga.gov.au<mailto:Oliver.Raymond at ga.gov.au>>:


Dear XML schema and FullMoon gurus,

There have several places in the GeoSciML model where we have nillable (voidable) attributes of type "CharacterString".

For example:
 <image001.jpg>

These "CharacterString" elements (from ISO19103 Schema Language:BasicTypes) are encoded in the schema by FullMoon like this:
<element name="primaryGuidingCriterion" type="string" nillable="true">

Although the schema document validates with this encoding, it appears that you cannot actually deliver xsi:nil="true" in an instance document like this:
<primaryGuidingCriterion xsi:nil="true" nilReason="unknown"/>

But "string" is a simple type element and I understand cannot have attributes like "nil".  So it looks to me that you just have to deliver an empty element, like this:
<primaryGuidingCriterion/>

1.  Is it possible to deliver "nil +/- nilReason" with a string element?
2.  If not, is FullMoon in error in encoding nillable="true" in the schema for "string" types?
3.  Is the GeoSciML UML model in error in having "nillable" tags on CharacterString elements?

Cheers,
Ollie

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