- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Dec 2002 16:29:35 +0000
- To: "Hanna" <lhnhanna@hotmail.com> (by way of "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@acm.org>)
- Cc: W3C XML Schema Comments list <www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org>
"Hanna" <lhnhanna@hotmail.com> (by way of "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@acm.org>) writes:
> I am new to xml schema. I would like to ask how i can define a data
> type which is integer but can allow empty element.
>
> e.g. <B>6</B> , <B/> are both allowed.
> if B contains integer value, then schema validates it.
> if B is an empty element, the schema will let it go.
One way is as follows:
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:union memberTypes="xs:integer">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:token">
<xs:enumeration value=""/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:union>
</xs:simpleType>
ht
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