No. I doubt this is even on anyone's requirements list - element names are generally regarded as atomic, and the idea that individual characters in the name should have semantic significance feels all wrong. That's what attributes are for. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ _____ From: xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org [mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Chandrasekhar A Sent: 11 January 2006 04:34 To: xmlschema-dev@w3.org Subject: XML Schema In the XSD is it possible to specify, if the element value is "X" and the following elements must start with ? For Ex: <Tasks> <Task> <Name>X</Name> <Xlong>long text</Xlong> <Xshort>short test</Xshort> </Task> <Task> <Name>Y</Name> <Ylong>long text</Ylong> <Yshort>short test</Yshort> </Task> </Tasks> Thanks and Regards, ChanduReceived on Wednesday, 11 January 2006 09:22:26 GMT
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