Re: Issue: overlapping with XML Schema Part 2

[Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI <kohsuke.kawaguchi@eng.sun.com>]

> That's because, for most of the facets, each derivation is resetting the
> value of the facet if you use it again in a new derivation.

No, you are misunderstanding the spec.


> For instance, if I define a numeric type as being greater than 5 and if
> I apply a new "restriction" to create a new datatype that is greater
> than 4, the resulting datatype is greater than 4.

Such a derivation is an error. See section 4.3.9.4, "Schema Component
Constraint: minExclusive valid restriction".


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