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An "elements-only" complex type contains an element that contains only other elements.
An XML element, "person", that contains only other elements:
<person> <firstname>John</firstname> <lastname>Smith</lastname> </person> |
You can define the "person" element in a schema, like this:
<xs:element name="person"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> |
Notice the <xs:sequence> tag. It means that the elements defined ("firstname" and "lastname") must appear in that order inside a "person" element.
Or you can give the complexType element a name, and let the "person" element have a type attribute that refers to the name of the complexType (if you use this method, several elements can refer to the same complex type):
<xs:element name="person" type="persontype"/> <xs:complexType name="persontype"> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> |
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