- From: Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:07:29 +0100
- To: "'Hess Yvan'" <yvan.hess@imtf.ch>
- Cc: <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
Sorry: to be more precise, you need
sequence
document-type
choice
sequence
from
to
/sequence
sequence
filename
filesize
/sequence
/choice
/sequence
Michael Kay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hess Yvan [mailto:yvan.hess@imtf.ch]
> Sent: 18 June 2004 17:30
> To: 'Michael Kay'
> Cc: 'xmlschema-dev@w3.org'
> Subject: RE: XML schema problem for two definitions of the
> same element.
>
> Michael,
>
> I did like as you recommended (choice with two sequence) but
> XML validators
> return an error saying "ambiguity would be created for those
> two particles
> xml schema". I also tried to have a fixed value for the <documenttype>
> element, but it's the same problem. Any idea?
>
> Regards. Yvan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@mhk.me.uk]
> Sent: vendredi, 18. juin 2004 11:27
> To: 'Hess Yvan'; xmlschema-dev@w3.org
> Subject: RE: XML schema problem for two definitions of the
> same element.
>
>
> XML Schema doesn't allow types to be context-sensitive in
> this kind of way.
> The closest you can get is to define the type of "metadata"
> as a choice
> giving the two possible structures.
>
> Michael Kay
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org
> > [mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Hess Yvan
> > Sent: 18 June 2004 08:49
> > To: 'xmlschema-dev@w3.org'
> > Subject: XML schema problem for two definitions of the same element.
> >
> >
> > I have a XML situation that have many time the same element
> but with a
> > different defininiton as illustrated bellow and I would like
> > to create the
> > XML schema that can validate this document. As you can see only the
> > <metadata> element differs from the first and second
> > <document> element. The
> > first <document> element must occur only once and the second
> > <document>
> > element can appears 0..unbounded. How can solve my problem?
> >
> > Thanks for your answer.
> >
> > Regards. Yvan
> >
> > -------------
> > XML document:
> > -------------
> >
> > <edoc>
> > <document>
> > <metadata>
> > <documenttype>BODY</documenttype>
> > <from>yhe</from>
> > <to>yvan</to>
> > </metadata>
> > <content>this is the content of the first document</content>
> > </document>
> > <document>
> > <metadata>
> > <documenttype>ATTACHMENT</documenttype>
> > <filename>test.doc</filename>
> > <filesize>100</filesize>
> > </metadata>
> > <content>this is the content of the second document</content>
> > </document>
> > </edoc>
> >
> > -------------
> > XML schema:
> > -------------
> >
> > <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> > elementFormDefault="qualified">
> > <xs:element name="edoc">
> > <xs:complexType>
> > <xs:sequence>
> > <xs:element name="document">
> > <xs:complexType>
> > <xs:sequence>
> > <xs:element name="metadata">
> > <xs:complexType>
> > <xs:sequence>
> > <xs:element name="documenttype"
> > type="xs:string"/>
> > <xs:element name="from"
> > type="xs:string"/>
> > <xs:element name="to"
> type="xs:string"/>
> > </xs:sequence>
> > </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> > <xs:element name="content" type="xs:string"/>
> > </xs:sequence>
> > </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> > <xs:element name="document" minOccurs="0"
> > maxOccurs="unbounded">
> > <xs:complexType>
> > <xs:sequence>
> > <xs:element name="metadata">
> > <xs:complexType>
> > <xs:sequence>
> > <xs:element name="documenttype"
> > type="xs:string"/>
> > <xs:element name="filename"
> > type="xs:string"/>
> > <xs:element name="filesize"
> > type="xs:string"/>
> > </xs:sequence>
> > </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> > <xs:element name="content" type="xs:string"/>
> > </xs:sequence>
> > </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> > </xs:sequence>
> > </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> > </xs:schema>
> >
> >
> > Yvan Hess
> > Chief Software Architect
> >
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