etisserant@0: Release Notes for minixsv, Release 0.3
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etisserant@0: minixsv is a XML schema validator written in "pure" Python.
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etisserant@0: Currently only a subset of the XML schema standard is supported
etisserant@0: (list of limitations/restrictions see below).
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etisserant@0: minixsv currently uses minidom or elementtree as XML parser
etisserant@0: Other parsers can easily be adapted by implementing an appropriate interface class
etisserant@0: Whitespaces inside strings are automatically normalized/collapsed as specified in the XML schema file
etisserant@0: Default/Fixed attributes are automatically inserted if not specified in the input file
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etisserant@0:  The minixsv XML schema validator is
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etisserant@0:  Copyright (c) 2004 by Roland Leuthe
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etisserant@0:  By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its
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etisserant@0:  and will comply with the following terms and conditions:
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etisserant@0:  Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
etisserant@0:  its associated documentation for any purpose and without fee is
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etisserant@0:  notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
etisserant@0:  the author not be used in advertising or publicity
etisserant@0:  pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written
etisserant@0:  prior permission.
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etisserant@0:  THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD
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etisserant@0:  ABILITY AND FITNESS.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR
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etisserant@0: Limitations/restrictions of the current release:
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etisserant@0: - No support of namespaces
etisserant@0: - Only first text node is validated/processed as Element content
etisserant@0: - No validation of predefined types decimal, float, double, date/time types, DURATION, anyURI, base64Binary
etisserant@0: - Only partial validation for language, QName, DTD types
etisserant@0: - No validation for facets of not validated predefined types (see above)
etisserant@0: - Derivation of complex types from simple types not supported
etisserant@0: - Mixed content (child nodes and text nodes) not supported
etisserant@0: - No check if no element content exists when xsi:nil = "true" is specified
etisserant@0: - No support of attributes "elementFormDefault", "attributeFormDefault", "form"
etisserant@0: - "import" element not supported
etisserant@0: - no check if derived type and base type match
etisserant@0: - no check of attributes "final", "finalDefault"
etisserant@0: - "redefine" element not supported
etisserant@0: - no support of substitution groups
etisserant@0: - no support of abstract elements and types
etisserant@0: - uniqueness of identity constraints (unique/key/keyref) is only checked on string base
etisserant@0:   (in case of element content only the first text node is evaluated)
etisserant@0: - "processContents" attribute not supported
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etisserant@0: Note: This constraint list may not be complete!!
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etisserant@0: Contents
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etisserant@0: readme.txt
etisserant@0: __init__.py
etisserant@0: pyxsval.py
etisserant@0: xsvalSchema.py
etisserant@0: xsvalBase.py
etisserant@0: xsvalSimpleTypes.py
etisserant@0: xsvalErrorHandler.py
etisserant@0: xmlifbase.py
etisserant@0: minidomif.py
etisserant@0: elemtreeif.py
etisserant@0: xsStructs.xsd
etisserant@0: datatypes.xsd
etisserant@0: datatypes2.xsd
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etisserant@0: HISTORY:
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etisserant@0: Changes to Release 0.2
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etisserant@0: - API re-structured
etisserant@0: - XML text processing added
etisserant@0: - several bugs fixed
etisserant@0: - internal re-structuring
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etisserant@0: Changes to Release 0.1
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etisserant@0: - Error/warning outputs contain now also filename and linenumber
etisserant@0: - Basic URI support for include directive added
etisserant@0: - XML interface classes completely re-designed
etisserant@0: - several bugs fixed
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