[relax-ng-comment] Re: Circular includes/imports in RELAX NG

[Daniel Prager <danielp@deakin.edu.au>]

> I am working on a scenario in which a number of modules
> make reference to parts of each other; and they do not fall into a
> natural hierarchy.
>
> Example:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> <grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0";
>                 xmlns:a="http://.../a_namespace
>                 xmlns:b="http://.../b_namespace>
>
> <define name="a:thing1">  ...  </define>
>
> <define name="a:thing2">
>     ...
>     <ref name="b:thing1"/>
>     ...
> </define>
>
> </grammar>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> <grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0";
>                 xmlns:a="http://.../b_namespace
>                 xmlns:b="http://.../a_namespace>
>
> <define name="b:thing1">    ...    </define>
>
> <define name="b:thing2">
>     ...
>     <ref name="a:thing1"/>
>     ...
> </define>
>
> </grammar>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> In XSD I am able to tell the two schemas about each other using
> the XSD <import> facility.
>
> Is there a RELAX NG equivalent, or work-arounds?
>
> [ I am currently using MSV as my primary validator and
> JING as a secondary validator. ]
>
> BTW [Conformance issue]:
>     MSV and JING seem to differ in their handling of namespaces
>     and of whitespace pre- and post- regular expressions.  I'll
>     try to come up with some simple examples soon.
>
> Thanks
>
> Daniel
>
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> Dr Daniel Prager
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> Deakin University & Freelance
>
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