Alternative tags in element?

• From: Paul Steckler <Paul.Steckler@nicta.com.au>
• Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:06:33 +1000
• To: "xmlschema-dev@w3.org" <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <2EB36A07AAE8C44BBB1986425E7A22D00359D1986B@atp-mbx1.in.nicta.com.au>

Hi,

  I've just started working with XML Schema, so please forgive me if the answer to 
my question is obvious. 

  I want to create an element, say "Foo" that contains a sequence of elements which 
have different tags, say "Bar" and "Glob".  So these would be legal:

   <Foo><Glob/><Bar/></Foo>

  <Foo><Bar/><Glob/></Foo>

  <Foo><Bar/><Glob/><Bar/></Foo>

In the complexType for Foo elements, can you specify that it contains a sequence 
of alternative elements, in arbitrary order?  Or do I have to create a wrapper element 
for the alternatives and place them in a union?

Any help welcome ...

-- Paul
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Paul Steckler
National ICT Australia
paul DOT steckler AT nicta.com.au

Received on Sunday, 3 May 2009 02:06:30 UTC