- From: Karl Stubsjoen <kstubs@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:54:03 -0700
- To: Kevin Braun <kbraun@obj-sys.com>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Thank you, that worked. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Kevin Braun <kbraun@obj-sys.com> wrote: > Hi Karl, > > Are you aware that you can define named groups for reuse using xs:group? It > sounds like that is what you are looking for. > > So, you would do something like: > <!-- Define a named group that you can reuse--> > <xs:group name="MyGroup"> > <xs:all> > <xs:element name="item1"/> > <xs:element name="item2"/> > <xs:element name="item3"/> > <xs:element name="group" type="TypeForGroupElement"/> > </xs:all> > </xs:group> > > <!-- Define a type for your "group" element. It uses the named group. No > attributes. --> > <xs:complexType name="TypeForGroupElement"> > <xs:group ref="MyGroup"> > </xs:complexType> > > <!-- Define your original type using the named group --> > <xs:complexType name="MyType"> > <xs:group ref="MyGroup"/> > <xs:attributeGroup ref="common"/> > <xs:attribute name="title"/> > <xs:attribute name="name"/> > </xs:complexType> > > HTH, > Kevin > > -- > Objective Systems, Inc. > REAL WORLD ASN.1 AND XML SOLUTIONS > http://www.obj-sys.com > > > > On 6/1/2010 12:59 PM, Karl Stubsjoen wrote: >> >> I have a complextype, which looks sort of like this: >> >> <xs:complexType name="my complext type"> >> <xs:all> >> <xs:element name="item1"/> >> <xs:element name="item2"/> >> <xs:element name="item3"/> >> <xs:element name="group"> >> <!-- >> this group should refer to to this set of xs:all elements >> allowing a child, child, child ... relationship >> --> >> </xs:element> >> </xs:all> >> <xs:attributeGroup ref="common"/> >> <xs:attribute name="title"/> >> </xs:attribute name="name"/> >> </xs:complexType> >> >> Maybe not possible, but trying to understand. How could I accomplish >> this? So at the top most level I have an element defined as the type >> "my complex type", which result in this element with attributes:<all >> common attributes> + title, and name and the elements: item1, item2, >> item3 and group. I guess I don't understand how to define the set of >> <xs:all> items as a type which I can then reuse to define the element >> group. >> >> Thanks, >> Karl.. >> >> >> >> >
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