Can a required element be empty

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Subject: Can a required element be empty
From: Sarkup Sarkup <sarkups@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:15 -0700 (PDT)

Hi:

A basic xml question. Can an element that is required per the schema, be empty and the file still valid?

For example, if I hav an element id as mandatory per the schema,

<test>
<id/>

<otherelement>others </otherelement>

</test>

is this still valid xml?

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Transforming xml to tex Michael Obermeier - 16 Jul 2008 19:24:28 -0000 Ryan Graham - 16 Jul 2008 20:30:24 -0000 Abel Braaksma - 16 Jul 2008 20:36:22 -0000 Sarkup Sarkup - 16 Jul 2008 20:41:38 -0000 <= XSL-List Owner - 16 Jul 2008 20:57:30 -0000 Abel Braaksma - 16 Jul 2008 20:31:34 -0000 <Possible follow-ups> Michael Obermeier - 17 Jul 2008 06:33:58 -0000

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