declaring a substitution group in a complexType?

• From: Andrew S Halper <ashalper@usgs.gov>
• Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:22:12 -0700
• To: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
• Message-ID: <OFB38B2E47.DB11456D-ON072572A6.000005FC-072572A6.00020855@usgs.gov>

Would anyone know of a tricky way to declare a substitution group within a 
complexType?

Here is what I'm trying to do:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:doc="http://wwwnwis.er.usgs.gov/XML/doc" xmlns:nx="
http://wwwnwis.er.usgs.gov/XML" xmlns:UML="org.omg.xmi.namespace.UML" 
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified
" id="Country-1.0.c">
        <xsd:include schemaLocation="Area.xsd"/>
        <xsd:include schemaLocation="PrincipalAdministrativeDivision.xsd
"/>
        <xsd:complexType name="CountryType" abstract="false">
                <xsd:annotation>
                        <xsd:documentation source="
http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip10-4.htm">Country. A political entity 
as defined by FIPS 10-4.</xsd:documentation>
                </xsd:annotation>
                <xsd:complexContent>
                        <xsd:extension base="AreaType">
                                <xsd:sequence>
                                        <xsd:element name="Code" type="
xsd:token"/>
                                        <xsd:element name="Name" type="
xsd:token"/>
                                        <xsd:element name="
PrincipalAdministrativeDivision" substitutionGroup="
principalAdministrativeDivision" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                                        <xsd:element name="State" 
substitutionGroup="principalAdministrativeDivision" minOccurs="0" 
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                                </xsd:sequence>
                        </xsd:extension>
                </xsd:complexContent>
        </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>

Semantically, what I'm trying to do here is declare State a subtype of 
PrincipalAdministrativeDivision, and either element is valid at this point 
in the sequence.

I know how to declare a substitutionGroup outside a type, however, 
CountryType is part of a larger, much more complex schema, and I'm not 
sure I can rework the element declarations that reference CountryType.

Thank you,
Andy

Received on Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:55:11 UTC