Non-empty element content (was Re: [xmlschema-dev] <none>)

If you want at least one non-whitespace character, you could also specify a pattern, for instance:

<xsd:element name="Name">
  <xsd:simpleType>
    <xsd:restriction base = "xsd:string">
      <xsd:pattern value = "[\s]*[\S][\s\S]*"/>
    </xsd:restriction>
  </xsd:simpleType>
</xsd:element>

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Nell Golding wrote:

> Thank you very much for all your kind and quick answers.
> I understand that I should formulate my question more clearly.
> Nevertheless I've got the help I needed.
> I experienced difficulties with a declaration of the element's content, when
> for example it should contain character data, but must not be empty.
> Now I see, that it is necessary to constract new simpleType with a string
> type restriction on minLength.
>
> So, something like this...
>
> <xsd:element name="Name">
>      <xsd:simpleType>
>           <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" >
>                 <xsd:minLength value="1"/>
>           </xsd:restriction>
>      </xsd:simpleType>
> </xsd:element>
>
> Best Regards,
> Nell G.
>
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