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• Subject: XML schema: how to define choice between value as an attribute and value as element text
• From: Patrik Beno <pb@p...>
• Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:48:34 +0200
• Reply-to: Patrik Beno <pb@p...>

Hey there :-)


Suppose I have simple element <PersonName>.

I want to define restriction that data (person name itself) may be
defined either in "value" attribute or as element text.

Meaning - either this way:

  <PersonName value="John Doe"/>

or this way:

  <PersonName> John Doe </PersonName>

But this is forbidden:

  <PersonName value="John Doe"> Jane Smith <PersonName>

I have been reading spec, tutorials, references, I have
been gooooooooogling for hours but I can't find out how to do this or
even if it is feasible at all.

Please - can this restriction be defined using XML schema?
If so, how? Can anyone provide an example?

thnx

-- 
Patrik Beno
mailto:pb@p...

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