Re: Is a simpleType, A, that restricts a union simpleType equivalent to a simpleType, A, that is a union?

On 16/06/2011 18:21, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Is the following simpleType, B, equivalent to the above B?
>

As Mukul says, they are equivalent in the sense that the set of values 
accepted by one is the same as the set of values accepted by the other. 
But they are not the same type, any more than an xs:string with pattern 
[+-][0-9]+ is the same type as xs:integer.

Michael Kay
Saxonica