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Re: Use xsd to specify multiple instances of existing element

• From: "Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@c...>
• To: "Ian Mayo" <ianmayo@t...>, <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:37:02 +0100

Hi Ian,

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want.  Do you want an XML schema
something like:

<xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name='Category' type='privacy'/>
    <xs:element name='Category' type='fishingType'/>
</xs:sequence>

(which would be illegal I afraid)

If not, maybe you could show us a few example XML instances.

Thanks,

Pete Cordell
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Mayo" <ianmayo@t...>
To: <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:27 AM
Subject:  Use xsd to specify multiple instances of existing element


> Hi all,
> I'm trying to extend an existing schema.  The existing schema provides a
> Category element that takes a 'term' and a 'scheme' (yes, it's an xsd
> attempt at an Atom schema).  In my schema extension I'd like to specify
> that
> there will be two Category elements, one using a scheme of '
> http://www.dig.com/privacy' that takes a term attribute of 'open' or
> 'private', and the second category element will take a scheme of '
> http://www.dig.com/fishingType', taking a term attribute of either
> 'coarse'
> or 'open'.
>
> Now, is it possible for an xsd schema to specify that these two elements
> must be present?  I can see how to mandate the presence of two different
> elements, but these represent the same element but with different
> attribute
> combinations.
>
> cheers,
> Ian
>
>
> -- 
> Ian Mayo
> PlanetMayo Ltd
>

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