1259 2005-04-19 16:00:00 +0000 [DM] Typed value and xsi:nil 2005-07-21 18:51:41 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Data Model 1.0 Last Call drafts PC Linux CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1232 1 Norman.Walsh Norman.Walsh public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 3770 0 Norman.Walsh 2005-04-19 16:00:00 +0000 In 1232, Michael Kay notes: The Data Model section 3.3.1.2 says that if an element is annotated with an atomic type T, then the typed value of the element is an instance of T. If my reasoning above is correct, then this statement isn't true: the typed value of <e xsi:nil="true"/> can surely only be (). If it remains true that the type of a nilled element is not (), then this section needs to be updated to point out that it matches T? but not T.