Re: DTD OR equivalent in XML schema

Neil Archer wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have been trying to convert some DTD's we are using to the equivalent XML
> schema, but I cannot find a way to reflect the DTD OR which states that one
> or the other element only can be specified.
> 
> i.e. if a document could contain an element A or an element B but not both
> the DTD would state something like:
> 
> <!ELEMENT document((A|B))>
> 
> Can anyone help by suggesting how I can show this in an XML schema?  

Some folks around here have developed a tool that does
just that. From the documentation:

[[[
<!ELEMENT ROOT (A|B) >

<element name="ROOT">
 <complexType content="elementOnly">
  <choice>
   <element ref="t:A">
   <element ref="t:B">
  </choice>
 </complexType>
<element>

]]]
-- http://www.w3.org/2000/04/schema_hack/

> Please
> forgive me if there is an obvious answer to this but I'm new to using
> schemas and cant see a simple solution.

I think the answer is fairly straightforward, but your
experience shows that it is not obvious. May I ask which
of the specs you have managed to read? Have you
seen the primer?
	http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/

Did you use other materials
besides the specs to learn about XML Schemas?

e.g.


The XML Schema Specification in Context
    by Rick Jelliffe, Academia Sinica Computing Centre
    2000-02-24 draft only
	compares XML Schema with XML DTDs, SGML DTDs,
	HyTime, and perl regular expressions 

	http://www.ascc.net/~ricko/XMLSchemaInContext.html

Both the DTD->schema tool and the "in Context" discussion
document are linked from our page about XML Schema:
	http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema

-- 
Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/

Received on Tuesday, 5 September 2000 11:57:21 UTC