I need a way to validate that an element A's special elements follows when someone enters 'A' as a name. And likewize that the element B's special elements follows when someone enters 'B' as a name. The below schema is my way of expression this, i wonder if this is valid? Is this a good solution or is there a better way? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <xs:element name="message"> <xs:complexType> <xs:choice> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="name"> <xs:simpleType> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:enumeration value="A"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="variables"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="a_variable"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:sequence> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="name"> <xs:simpleType> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:enumeration value="B"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="variables"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="b_variable"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:sequence> </xs:choice> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:schema> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <message xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="E:\test.xsd"> <name>A</name> <variables> <a_variable/> </variables> <name>B</name> <variables> <b_variable/> </variables> </message>Received on Wednesday, 27 March 2002 04:23:36 GMT
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