RE: [xml-dev] xs:string - Isn't whitespaces preserved by default?

• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@...>
• To: "'dave'" <ceek63@...>,<user@...>,<xml-dev@...>
• Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:25:07 -0000

> 'it' here is XMLBeans' api (xmlText() in particular). 
> 
> So, is the xs:string the proper data type to hold regex 
> pattern values? OR should I define additional facets to 
> preserve whitespace chars? 

I don't know very much about XMLBeans, but if it's not honouring the
whiteSpace definition of xs:string then I can't see how anything else in
your schema would influence it.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/