RE: [relax-ng-comment] Mixing patterns and (empty) tags

[Michael Fitzgerald <mike@wyeast.net>]

Would something like this work for you instead of using mixed?

Mike

C:\Rng\Examples>cat fixed.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<example><a>The quick </a><b/><a> brown fox </a><b/><c/><a> jumped
</a><d/><a> over the lazy dog 5 times</a><d/></example>

C:\Rng\Examples>cat fixed.rng
<element name="example" xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0";
datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes";>
 <interleave>
  <zeroOrMore>
   <element name="a">
    <data type="string">
     <param name="pattern">[ a-zA-Z0-9]*</param>
    </data>
   </element>
  </zeroOrMore>
  <zeroOrMore>
   <element name="b"><empty/></element>
  </zeroOrMore>
  <zeroOrMore>
   <element name="c"><empty/></element>
  </zeroOrMore>
  <zeroOrMore>
   <element name="d"><empty/></element>
  </zeroOrMore>
 </interleave>
</element>

C:\Rng\Examples>java -jar c:\lib\jing.jar fixed.rng fixed.xml

C:\Rng\Examples>java -jar c:\lib\msv.jar fixed.rng fixed.xml
start parsing a grammar.
validating fixed.xml
the document is valid.

C:\Rng\Examples>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Fitzgerald [mailto:mike@wyeast.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:04 PM
> To: John Cowan
> Cc: Daniel Prager; relax-ng
> Subject: RE: [relax-ng-comment] Mixing patterns and (empty) tags
>
>
> Oh, er, I missed that little phrase "restricted text" and went for the
> syntax error. Pardon me. -Mike
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Cowan [mailto:jcowan@reutershealth.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:45 AM
> > To: Michael Fitzgerald
> > Cc: Daniel Prager; relax-ng
> > Subject: Re: [relax-ng-comment] Mixing patterns and (empty) tags
> >
> >
> > Daniel Prager scripsit:
> >
> > > > How do you mix restricted text patterns with empty elements
> > > > (used to represent escaped text)?
> >
> > The answer is that you can't: a data or list pattern has to occupy the
> > whole of the element content.  You can mix *unrestricted* text
> with empty
> > elements, of course, which is what Mike F. was doing.
> >
> > --
> > John Cowan                                jcowan@reutershealth.com
> > At times of peril or dubitation,          http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
> > Perform swift circular ambulation,        http://www.reutershealth.com
> > With loud and high-pitched ululation.
> >
>
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