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[xml] xmllint complains about non-determinist content model



I'm trying to write an XML schema that can specify a choice between
either element A alone, element B alone, or element A followed by
element B. E.g., something like the following:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";>
	<xsd:element name="person">
	    <xsd:complexType>
		<xsd:choice>
		    <xsd:element ref="name"/>
		    <xsd:element ref="email"/>
		    <xsd:sequence>
			<xsd:element ref="name"/>
			<xsd:element ref="email"/>
		    </xsd:sequence>
		</xsd:choice>
	    </xsd:complexType>
	</xsd:element>
	<xsd:element name="name"/>
	<xsd:element name="email"/>
    </xsd:schema>

But when I try to run this past xmllint, I get the error "Content model
of person is not determinist".

I've been scratching my head over this one for a while. As far as I can
tell, that's a deterministic content model. Is there a different way I
should be trying to do this?

Any advice would be much appreciated. xmllint --verion reports:

    xmllint: using libxml version 20603
       compiled with: DTDValid FTP HTTP HTML C14N Catalog XPath XPointer
       XInclude Iconv Unicode Regexps Automata Schemas


-- 
Robin Munn
rmunn pobox com



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