- From: Eddie Robertsson <erobertsson@allette.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:07:13 +1100 (EST)
- To: jeni@jenitennison.com
- Cc: olegt@multiconn.com, xmlschema-dev@w3.org
>> Can I restrict length of an element name in w3 schema? > > You mean so that you can create a schema in which people use whatever > elements they like, but the names have to be below a certain length? > I'm afraid that the only wildcard that's supported by XML Schema is > xs:any, which only allows you to restrict the included elements by > their namespace, not by the length of their name. > > I think that the only kinds of schema languages that would enable you > to place are those based on XPath, such as Schematron. You could > always include some Schematron within your XML Schema, to express the > constraint. Have a look at [1] to see how you can embedd Schematron rules within your XML Schema. Cheers, -Eddie [1] http://www.topologi.com/public/Schtrn_XSD/Paper.html > > Cheers, > > Jeni > > --- > Jeni Tennison > http://www.jenitennison.com/
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