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Thanks Mike So I can have a choice of two complexTypes, adressFullType and addressDeletedType? Joe >From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...> >To: <joe@r...>,<xml-dev@l...> >Subject: RE: Schema definition of element with optional children >Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 14:55:24 +0100 > >You can't declare the type of the element to be conditional on one of its >attributes, unless the attribute has the magic name xsi:type. Your only >options are (a) to define a type that's sufficiently permissive to allow >all >the options, and then do extra validation using some other technology, or >(b) to use different element names for the two cases. Alternatively, in >this >case you could use the magic xsi:nil attribute to mean status="deleted". > >Michael Kay >http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Fawcett [mailto:joefawcett@h...] > > Sent: 02 May 2006 14:48 > > To: xml-dev@l... > > Subject: Schema definition of element with optional children > > > > Dear All > > > > I'm struggling to find the best way to restrict an element > > that holds address data. > > If the address is to be deleted it will look like this: > > <address recordStatus="deleted"/> > > > > if it's new or an update it will be along the lines of: > > > > <address recordStatus="inserted"> > > <addressLine1></addressLine1> > > <addressLine2></addressLine2> > > <city></city> > > <postCode></postCode> > > <country></country> > > </address> > > > > with various fields being optional, these are UK addresses only. > > > > What's the most efficient way to declare this using XSD only > > as I believe I can't say, "if recordStatus = 'deleted' then..." etc? > > > > I believe I have to give a choice of two types but this seems tedious? > > > > Thanks > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS > > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an >initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > >The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription >manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> >
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