Data Format Description Language (DFDL) v1.0 Specification
OGF Proposed Recommendation GFD-P-R.174, January 31, 2011
When an array has a stopValue specified, this means that a distinguished logical value must be found to determine the end of the array. As each element is parsed, its value is compared to the stop value, and if it matches, then that ends the array. The stop value itself is not considered to be an element of the array and is not added to the infoset.
This technique can only be used on arrays of simple type elements. It is a schema definition error if stop values are used on arrays with complex type elements.
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