XMLSerializer: Schema and Datasets

[Andrew Dawson]

I am looking into the possibilities that exist from utilizing XML
Schema documents to store the structure of datasets that don't change
frequently for access in distributed applications. I discovered the
XMLSerializer does not support:

1. Any of the simple type restriction facets besides enumeration
2. Namespace based wildcards
3. Identity constraints
4. Substitution groups
5. Blocked elements or types

(see faq in http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ml01202003.asp)

What are the specific W3C Schema attributes that datasets do not
support?

Are there any plans to support them in the near future?

Thanks.