Re: [xml-dev] Inline data typing
>> Looks like you'd have just reinvented xsi:type. >Right, but for instances rather than schemas. Or are the specs >blessing its use in document instances now? xsi:type always was for instances! It is usually used when the schema has a wildcard or to specify a subtype of the type given in the schema. Naturally you should only use it with types specified as QNames. (The "i" in "xsi" stands for instance.) -- Richard