I don't know how <all> handles the <any> element??? I only know that
<all> allows instance documents to mix the element order.

Sorry! 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmlschema-dev-request@w... 
> [mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w...] On Behalf Of Hess Yvan
> Sent: Donnerstag, 11. M=E4rz 2004 22:54
> To: 'Markus Seibold '
> Cc: 'xmlschema-dev@w... '
> Subject: RE: Problem designing complexType accepting a 
> specified element a nd a llowing any others
> 
> 
> 
> Do you mean I have to change the schema like that ?
> 
> <xs:element name="metadata">
>   <xs:complexType>
>      <xs:all>
>         <xs:element name="identifier" type="xs:string"/>
>         <xs:any processContents="lax"/>
>       </xs:all>
>    </xs:complexType>
> </xs:element>
> 
> If yes, I can say that I get an error saying that the xml 
> schema is not valid.
> 
> Regards. Yvan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Seibold
> To: 'Hess Yvan'; xmlschema-dev@w...
> Sent: 11.03.04 22:33
> Subject: RE: Problem designing complexType accepting a 
> specified element and
> a 	llowing any others
> 
> 
> Hi Yvan,
> try <all> instead of <sequence>. This element allows the 
> elements to appear in random order but element declarations 
> within the all container cannot contain maxOccurs="unbounded" 
> but only maxOccurs="1".
> 
> Markus
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmlschema-dev-request@w...
> > [mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w...] On Behalf Of Hess Yvan
> > Sent: Donnerstag, 11. M=E4rz 2004 20:45
> > To: 'xmlschema-dev@w...'
> > Subject: Problem designing complexType accepting a specified 
> > element and a llowing any others
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I want to design a complexType named "metadata" that forces
> > the presence of an "identifier" element and allows any others 
> > elements not predefined. Moreover the "identifier" and the 
> > others elements can appear in any order into the "metadata" 
> > element. Here are examples of valid xml instances:
> > 
> > <metadata xmlns="http://www.imtf.com/test">
> >   <identifier>urn:hsc:1234</identifier>
> >   <name>Hess Yvan</name>
> > </metadata>
> > 
> > <metadata xmlns="http://www.imtf.com/test">
> >   <subject>This is the subject</subject>
> >   <identifier>urn:hsc:1234</identifier>
> > </metadata>
> > 
> > I implemented the following xml schema but it doesn't work:
> > 
> > <xs:element name="metadata">
> >   <xs:complexType>
> >     <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
> >       <xs:element name="identifier" type="xs:string"/>
> >       <xs:any processContents="lax" minOccurs="0"
> > maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> >     </xs:choice>
> >   </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> > 
> > 
> > I get the following error with Xerces validation and a
> > similar one with XSV (I violated the "Unique Particle 
> Attribution"). 
> > 
> > [Error] choice.xsd:4:23: cos-nonambig:
> > "http://www.imtf.com/test":identifier
> > and
> >  WC[##any] (or elements from their substitution group) 
> > violate "Unique Particle Attribution". During validation 
> > against this schema, ambiguity would be created for those two 
> > particles.
> > choice.xml: 571 ms (3 elems, 1 attrs, 0 spaces, 30 chars)
> > 
> > If I change my xml schema using sequence instead of choice 
> as follow:
> > 
> > <xs:element name="metadata">
> >   <xs:complexType>
> >     <xs:sequence>
> >       <xs:element name="identifier" type="xs:string"/>
> >       <xs:any processContents="lax" minOccurs="0"
> > maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> >     </xs:sequence>
> >   </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> > 
> > it works but in this case the "identifier" element must be at
> > the FIRST position and I don't want that !!! 
> > 
> > Please can you help me to solve this problem. I have no idea
> > how to solve it !!!
> > 
> > Regards. Yvan Hess
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > XML file:
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <metadata xmlns="http://www.imtf.com/test"
> > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> > xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.imtf.com/test choice.xsd">
> >    <identifier>urn:hsc:1234</identifier>
> >    <name>Hess Yvan</name>
> > </metadata>
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > XML schema file:
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <xs:schema targetNamespace="http://www.imtf.com/test"
> > xmlns="http://www.imtf.com/test"
> > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> > elementFormDefault="qualified" =
attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
> >    <xs:element name="metadata">
> >       <xs:complexType>
> >          <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
> >             <xs:element name="identifier" type="xs:string"/>
> >             <xs:any processContents="lax" minOccurs="0" 
> > maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> >          </xs:choice>
> >       </xs:complexType>
> >    </xs:element>
> > </xs:schema>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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