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Re: Adding an attribute to a simple type?

From: Martin Honnen <mahotrash@-----.-->
To: NULL
Date: 9/1/2004 6:12:00 PM


iT_Ti wrote:


> I'm trying to do something in an XSD that I think should be possible,
> but that isn't. Giving a simple element an attribute.
> 
> Basically what I tried is this (fragment):
> 
> <xs:element name="DataType">
> 	<xs:simpleType>
> 		<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
> 			<xs:enumeration value="int8"/>
> 			<xs:enumeration value="int16"/>
> 		</xs:restriction>
> 	</xs:simpleType>
> 	<xs:attribute name="IsArray" type="xs:string"/>	
> </xs:element>
> 
> This is not a valid item (attribute not expected) and I don't see why.
> It seems a logical way of saying this but it is not valid.

If you want to have an attribute on an element then it is a complex 
type, that is the way W3C XML schema defines it so you need a complex 
type for that element, there is no way to have "a simple type with an 
attribute".

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	Martin Honnen
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

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