Becuase that is not how the XSD syntax works.

On an element node, you could either have

a) a type attribute, referencing a globally declared type - in this case in
your included file.
b) no type attribute, but a type declaration within the context of the
element, which is a nameless/anonymous type defining the content model.

It is not expected for the XML/XSD editor that you are using to expand those
element names like you want to, since it would make it invalid XSD.

Zafar


"Jon Turner" <jj@m...> wrote in message
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> I use an <xs:include> statement to include by basic types xsd file in each
> of the Main XSD files.  Question is this:  Why doesn't the nodes expand
out
> when I create an element that is defined in the basic types file ?  For
> example:
>
> if i define a  Complex Type : Person in the BasicTypes.xsd file, and
create
> an element of Person in Student.xsd file, then why doesn't the student
node
> in the Student.xsd file expand out to list the elements that are comprised
> in the Person Type ?
>
>
>