"Chris Mosbrucker" <chris@proworks.com> writes: > Hello, > > I am trying to write an xml schema, and am having some problem figuring out > how to have elements present outside of <sequence> blocks. Every example I > can find on w3 seems to contain the <element /> in <sequence> tags like the > following. > > <sequence> > <element name="anyElement" /> > <element name="someElement" /> > </sequence> > > But that implies that <anyElement> will always appear before <someElement> > > what if anyElement and someElement can appear in any order and number. i.e. > > <someElement /> > <anyElement /> > <anyElement /> > <someElement /> See the XML Schema Primer [1]. You want <choice> instead of <sequence> ht [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/ -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/Received on Tuesday, 5 December 2000 16:01:42 GMT
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