Re: Override a type in a schema

Given a suitable API, you can validate the element against any type you 
like.

One such suitable API is the XSLT instruction:

<xsl:copy-of select="theirs:foo" type="my:type"/>

Michael Kay
Saxonica


On 07/03/2012 17:10, Andrew Welch wrote:
> Given an element:
>
> <theirs:foo>
>
> and an XSD for the 'theirs' namespace defining foo as xs:string, how
> can I override that definition with my own type?  One way is:
>
> <theirs:foo xsi:type="my_type_for_foo">
>
> Is there a 1.0 way to do it without using xsi:type ?
>
>
> thanks
>