> > Required Fixed AttValue XML 1.0 Value
> > -------- ----- -------- --------------------------------
> > No Yes <value> error [2]
> > No No <value> error [2]
> >
> > [2] In XML, a default attribute value effectively implies that an
> > attribute is required; that is, that it always has a value.
>
> Not quite -- "#REQUIRED" means "must be provided in the document text",
> not "always has a value". The defaulting mechanism applies in both cases
> above, they're not errors.
You are right. I was thinking about the end result, not what the XML file
looked like. Simon -- is this worth clarifying in the spec (your call)?
-- Ron Bourret