[jsdl-wg] Version 1.0 of the XSD Schema for JSDL

[A Stephen McGough]

>
>>> Also, rangeValue could derive from xsd:token and not just xsd:string so
>>> we could pick up the normalization rules.
>>
>> Hmm, but then people couldn't use spaces - is this going to cause 
>> people problems? I tend to write lists "2, 5, 6". Could easily ditch 
>> the spaces thoug. Also can you have commas in xsd:tokens? Thoughts 
>> please folks.
>
> According to <URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#token> commas are
> fine in token and non-standard whitespace is collapsed, so that allows
> the RE for ranges to become:
> RE:    (\d+( ?- ?\d*)?|- ?\d+)( ?, ?(\d+( ?- ?\d*)?|- ?\d+))*
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Expl:   D or D- or D-D  or -D   or a comma-sep list of them
>
> (Yes, the \d is allowed in XSD; I looked it up specifically.
> <URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dt-regex> The XSD rules for REs
> in Appendix F are among the clearest RE syntax descriptions I've seen.)

I've put this version in for now - as it seems the most complete. 
However, if I'm correct the following is a valid string
"34-45 55-66"

Am I correct? Is there any way to force people to put a comma between these?

steve..

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