Release Notes for minixsv, Release 0.3

minixsv is a XML schema validator written in "pure" Python.

Currently only a subset of the XML schema standard is supported
(list of limitations/restrictions see below).

minixsv currently uses minidom or elementtree as XML parser
Other parsers can easily be adapted by implementing an appropriate interface class
Whitespaces inside strings are automatically normalized/collapsed as specified in the XML schema file
Default/Fixed attributes are automatically inserted if not specified in the input file

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 The minixsv XML schema validator is

 Copyright (c) 2004 by Roland Leuthe

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Limitations/restrictions of the current release:

- No support of namespaces
- Only first text node is validated/processed as Element content
- No validation of predefined types decimal, float, double, date/time types, DURATION, anyURI, base64Binary
- Only partial validation for language, QName, DTD types
- No validation for facets of not validated predefined types (see above)
- Derivation of complex types from simple types not supported
- Mixed content (child nodes and text nodes) not supported
- No check if no element content exists when xsi:nil = "true" is specified
- No support of attributes "elementFormDefault", "attributeFormDefault", "form"
- "import" element not supported
- no check if derived type and base type match
- no check of attributes "final", "finalDefault"
- "redefine" element not supported
- no support of substitution groups
- no support of abstract elements and types
- uniqueness of identity constraints (unique/key/keyref) is only checked on string base
  (in case of element content only the first text node is evaluated)
- "processContents" attribute not supported

Note: This constraint list may not be complete!!


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Contents
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readme.txt
__init__.py
pyxsval.py
xsvalSchema.py
xsvalBase.py
xsvalSimpleTypes.py
xsvalErrorHandler.py
xmlifbase.py
minidomif.py
elemtreeif.py
xsStructs.xsd
datatypes.xsd
datatypes2.xsd

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HISTORY:
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Changes to Release 0.2
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- API re-structured
- XML text processing added
- several bugs fixed
- internal re-structuring
 

Changes to Release 0.1
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- Error/warning outputs contain now also filename and linenumber
- Basic URI support for include directive added
- XML interface classes completely re-designed
- several bugs fixed