Name
element — Pattern matching an element
Synopsis
element element
{
(
attribute name { xsd:QName }
| (
( element * - rng:* { ... }* )
& (
element name { ... }
| element anyName { ... }
| element nsName { ... }
| element choice { ... }
)
)
),
(
attribute ns { text }?,
attribute datatypeLibrary { xsd:anyURI }?,
attribute * - (rng:* | local:*) { text }*
),
(
( element * - rng:* { ... }* )
& (
element element { ... }
| element attribute { ... }
| element group { ... }
| element interleave { ... }
| element choice { ... }
| element optional { ... }
| element zeroOrMore { ... }
| element oneOrMore { ... }
| element list { ... }
| element mixed { ... }
| element ref { ... }
| element parentRef { ... }
| element empty { ... }
| element text { ... }
| element value { ... }
| element data { ... }
| element notAllowed { ... }
| element externalRef { ... }
| element grammar { ... }
)+
)
}May be included in
attribute, choice,
define, element,
except, group,
interleave, list,
mixed, oneOrMore,
optional, start,
zeroOrMore
Description
The element pattern matches an element. The name
of the element may be defined either through a
name attribute or through a name class.
Example
<element name="born"> <text/> </element> <element name="character"> <attribute name="id"/> <element name="name"> <text/> </element> <element name="born"> <text/> </element> <element name="qualification"> <text/> </element> </element> <element> <anyName/> <ref name="anything"/> </element>
Attributes
-
datatypeLibrary This attribute defines the default datatype library. The value is inherited.
-
name When
nameis specified, theelementpattern matches only elements with this name.nameis a shortcut to define a single name as a name class for theelementpattern.
name and the definition of a name class
can’t be specified together (they are exclusive
options).
-
ns This attribute defines the default namespace for the elements defined in a portion of schema. The value is inherited.