• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
  • What Is an XML Schema?
  • Creating an XML Schema in Stylus Studio
  • Working with XML Schema in Stylus Studio
  • Getting Started with XML Schema in the Tree View
  • Defining simpleTypes in XML Schemas
  • Defining complexTypes in XML Schemas
  • Defining Elements and Attributes in XML Schemas
    • Defining Elements That Carry Attributes and Contain Data in XML Schemas
    • Defining Elements That Contain Subelements in XML Schemas
    • Adding an Identity Constraint to an Element
  • Defining Groups of Elements and Attributes in XML Schemas
  • Adding Comments, Annotation, and Documentation Nodes to XML Schemas
  • Defining Notations
  • Referencing External XML Schemas
  • Generating Documentation for XML Schemas
  • About XML Schema Properties
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Accessing Relational Data as XML
• Chapter 13: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 14: Stylus Studio Reference

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Defining Elements and Attributes in XML Schemas

You can define an element or attribute as part of a complexType. You can also define an element or an attribute as a top-level item. In other words, in the XML document that defines the XML Schema, the element or attribute is a child of the xsd:schema element. An element or attribute that is an immediate child of the xsd:schema element is a global element or attribute.

A global element or attribute cannot

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