Only complex element with simple contents can have facets and the only reason one would create such element is because you want to have attributes. Since attributes are not supported in DFDL, my vote is for schema definition error.. 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: 02/01/2013 04:26 PM Subject: [DFDL-WG] dfdl:checkConstraints Sent by: dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org The error case of an argument that is an XPath to a complex type isn't discussed. Should this return true (hey, a complex element can't have facets, so there are none to be violated), false (errors are false), or cause a processing error or schema definition error? Most conservative choice here is a schema definition error. -- Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology | www.tresys.com -- dfdl-wg mailing list dfdl-wg@ogf.org https://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/dfdl-wg