- From: Torsten Curdt <tcurdt@dff.st>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:05:52 +0200
- To: Eddie Robertsson <erobertsson@allette.com.au>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 02:18, Eddie Robertsson wrote: > Hi Torsten, > > > I am trying to have a mixture of ordered and unordered elements: > > > > <root> > > <seq1/> > > <seq2/> > > <unordered2/> > > <unordered1/> > > </root> > > > > So what IMHO would make sense would be: > > > > <xs:element name="root"> > > <xs:complexType> > > <xs:sequence> > > <xs:sequence> > > <xs:element name="seq1"/> > > <xs:element name="seq2"/> > > </xs:sequence> > > <xs:all> > > <xs:element name="unordered1"/> > > <xs:element name="unordered2"/> > > </xs:all> > > </xs:sequence> > > </xs:complexType> > > </xs:element> > > </xs:schema> > > > > But obviously this does not work. > > What is the proposed way to express such a schema? > > How about wrapping the unordered content in an extra element: > > <root> > <seq1/> > <seq2/> > <unordered> > <unordered2/> > <unordered1/> > </unordered> > </root> > > <xs:element name="root"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:element name="seq1"/> > <xs:element name="seq2"/> > <xs:element name="unordered"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:all> > <xs:element name="unordered1"/> > <xs:element name="unordered2"/> > </xs:all> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > </xs:schema> Well, I had this idea, too. But I don't want to change the XML structure because I want do describe it... > If this doesn't work (or the suggestion by Mark) you have to move to > RELAX-NG which can define this without problem or use embedded > Schematron rules in your W3C XML Schema (see [1]) So it's really not possible with Schema? (That's what I feared) > [1] http://www.topologi.com/public/Schtrn_XSD/Paper.html Thanks, alot! -- Torsten
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