Element basics

[senseiwa]

Hi! I am trying to figure out if an element can have both a type and attributes. So that something like this can be validated via a schema:

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<element name="Hello">World</element>

<element name="This">Text</element>

Thanks!

[adrian]

Hello,

Of course it can have both. The following schema snippet covers this:

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  <xs:element name="element">

    <xs:complexType>

      <xs:simpleContent>

        <xs:extension base="xs:string">

          <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>

        </xs:extension>

      </xs:simpleContent>

    </xs:complexType>

  </xs:element>

Obviously you can use a different type than xs:string.

You can easily generate a schema for content like this in Oxygen:
- Make the XML snippet well-formed(put it inside an XML root) and open it in Oxygen:

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<root>

    <element name="Hello">World</element>

    <element name="This">Text</element>

</root>

- Use the schema generator/converter(Document -> Schema -> Generate/Convert Schema), select W3C XML Schema check the output filename of the generated schema and press Convert.

You will obtain a simple XML Schema that contains an element declaration similar to the one mentioned above.

Regards,
Adrian