XML Schema Complete Reference, The

Appendix A. XML Schema Quick Reference

This appendix provides a quick reference for assembling an XML schema document. Specifically, this reference summarizes the Schema for Schemas.

Each element in an XML schema document has one or more attributes; most are optional. Similarly, each element may contain nested elements; most of these are optional as well.

Each attribute option has the following form:

					attributeName? (=‘defaultValue’) : type
				

The attributeName is the name of the attribute type. When the name has a ‘?’ suffix, the attribute is optional. Most attributes are optional. If there is a default value when the attribute is not explicit, that ...