Implement default values for flags and fields. (#220)

During pairing on usnistgov/OSCAL#1160, we determined there will be a lot of utility to have default values when enhancing the draft version of the Rules Model. This PR implements that functionality in the Metaschema core syntax defined in the XSD. Co-authored-by: David Waltermire <[email protected]>
usnistgov · Jul 28, 2022 · 4185764 · 4185764
1 parent 6c15452
commit 4185764
Showing 1 changed file with 15 additions and 7 deletions.
diff --git a/schema/xml/metaschema.xsd b/schema/xml/metaschema.xsd
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
       <xs:element name="remarks" type="RemarksType" minOccurs="0"/>
       <xs:element name="example" type="ExampleType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
     </xs:sequence>
-    <xs:attribute name="as-type" type="FieldDatatypesType" default="string"/>
+    <xs:attributeGroup ref="FieldValueAttributeGroup"/>
     <xs:attribute name="collapsible" type="YesNoType" default="no"/>
     <xs:attribute name="name" use="required" type="ModelNameType"/>
     <xs:attribute name="scope" type="ScopeType" default="global"/>
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@
       <xs:element name="example" type="ExampleType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
     </xs:sequence>
     <xs:attribute name="name" use="required" type="ModelNameType"/>
-    <!-- datatype should default to 'string' -->
-    <xs:attribute name="as-type" type="SimpleDatatypesType" default="string"/>
+    <xs:attributeGroup ref="FlagValueAttributeGroup"/>
     <xs:attribute name="scope" type="ScopeType" default="global"/>
     <xs:attributeGroup ref="DeprecationAttributeGroup"/>
   </xs:complexType>
@@ -318,7 +317,6 @@
     <xs:attributeGroup ref="DeprecationAttributeGroup"/>
   </xs:complexType>
 
-
   <xs:complexType name="InlineFieldDefinitionType">
     <xs:annotation>
       <xs:documentation>In JSON, an object with a nominal string value (potentially with internal
@@ -339,7 +337,7 @@
       <xs:element name="remarks" type="RemarksType" minOccurs="0"/>
       <xs:element name="example" type="ExampleType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
     </xs:sequence>
-    <xs:attribute name="as-type" type="FieldDatatypesType" default="string"/>
+    <xs:attributeGroup ref="FieldValueAttributeGroup"/>
     <xs:attribute name="collapsible" type="YesNoType" default="no"/>
     <xs:attributeGroup ref="CardinalitySpecificationGroup"/>
     <xs:attribute name="name" use="required" type="ModelNameType"/>
@@ -363,8 +361,7 @@
       <xs:element name="example" type="ExampleType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
     </xs:sequence>
     <xs:attribute name="name" use="required" type="ModelNameType"/>
-    <!-- datatype should default to 'string' -->
-    <xs:attribute name="as-type" type="SimpleDatatypesType" default="string"/>
+    <xs:attributeGroup ref="FlagValueAttributeGroup"/>
     <xs:attribute name="required" type="YesNoType" default="no"/>
     <xs:attributeGroup ref="DeprecationAttributeGroup"/>
   </xs:complexType>
@@ -507,6 +504,17 @@
     </xs:attribute>
   </xs:attributeGroup>
 
+  <xs:attributeGroup name="FieldValueAttributeGroup">
+    <xs:attribute name="as-type" type="FieldDatatypesType" default="string"/>
+    <xs:attribute name="default" type="StringDatatype" default="string"/>
+  </xs:attributeGroup>
+
+  <xs:attributeGroup name="FlagValueAttributeGroup">
+    <!-- datatype should default to 'string' -->
+    <xs:attribute name="as-type" type="SimpleDatatypesType" default="string"/>
+    <xs:attribute name="default" type="StringDatatype"/>
+  </xs:attributeGroup>
+
   <xs:simpleType name="NaturalNumberOrUnboundedType">
     <xs:union memberTypes="PositiveIntegerDatatype">
       <xs:simpleType>