One way to view this annotation would be as if it is defined on the default format at the xs:schema.. Question would be what if dfdl:format at xs:schema also has dfdl:encoding specified - which one would win ?.. Suman Kalia IBM Canada Lab WMB Toolkit Architect and Development Lead Tel: 905-413-3923 T/L 313-3923 Email: kalia@ca.ibm.com For info on Message broker http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/zones/businessintegration/wmb.ht... From: Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl@gmail.com> To: dfdl-wg@ogf.org Date: 12/02/2011 05:46 PM Subject: [DFDL-WG] short form on xs:schema? Sent by: dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org I don't know that we ever talked about this. Most schema constructs support short form <xs:element ... dfdl:encoding="utf-8" /> Does the xs:schema itself support short form for the "default" format properties? <xs:schema xmlns:xs="...." dfdl:encoding="utf-8"> ... </xs:schema> -- Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL WG Co-Chair Tel: 781-330-0412 -- dfdl-wg mailing list dfdl-wg@ogf.org http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/dfdl-wg