• From: Umut Emin <j.s.bach@o...>
• To: Fraser Goffin <goffinf@g...>
• Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 12:52:22 +0200

Hei Fraser,

thank you for the answer. Ok, then i have to put the attributes outside
of the <xs:sequence>. Must it be always after sequence tag, could i
place the attributes before <xs:sequence> too. To me, it is easier to
read the xml if i have them before. 

-Umut


On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 10:44 +0100, Fraser Goffin wrote:
> Umut,
>  
> something like this should do it :-
>  
>  <xs:element name="door">
>   <xs:complexType>
>    <xs:sequence>
>     <xs:element name="start">
>      <xs:complexType>
>       <xs:attribute name="x" type="xs:integer"/> 
>       <xs:attribute name="y" type="xs:integer"/>
>       <xs:attribute name="z" type="xs:integer"/>
>      </xs:complexType>
>     </xs:element>
>     <xs:element name="end"> 
>      <xs:complexType>
>       <xs:attribute name="x" type="xs:integer"/>
>       <xs:attribute name="y" type="xs:integer"/>
>       <xs:attribute name="z" type="xs:integer"/> 
>      </xs:complexType>
>     </xs:element>
>    </xs:sequence>
>    <xs:attribute name="width" type="xs:integer"/>
>    <xs:attribute name="height" type="xs:integer"/>
>   </xs:complexType>
>  </xs:element>
>  
> Fraser.
>  
> On 13/05/07, Umut Emin <j.s.bach@o...> wrote: 
>         Hei *,
>         
>         I started reading about xml after having found out that it
>         could
>         work as a db.
>         
>         Now i am writing a scheme to understand the tree structure. I
>         got stuck 
>         with complexTypes and attributes. My xml file would look like
>         this:
>         
>         <door width="150" height="300">
>         <start x="50" y="50" z="0" />
>         <end x="50" y="-50" z="100" /> 
>         </door>
>         
>         which would be like below as a scheme (except width & height
>         attributes):
>         
>         <xs:element name="door">
>                            <xs:complexType>
>                                <xs:sequence> 
>                                    <xs element name="start">
>                                    <xs:attribute name="x"
>         type="xs:integer"/>
>                                    <xs:attribute name="y"
>         type="xs:integer"/> 
>                                    <xs:attribute name="z"
>         type="xs:integer"/>
>                                </xs:element>
>         
>                                    <xs:element name="end">
>                                    <xs:attribute name="x"
>         type="xs:integer"/>
>                                    <xs:attribute name="y"
>         type="xs:integer"/>
>                                    <xs:attribute name="z"
>         type="xs:integer"/> 
>                                </xs:element>
>         
>                                </xs:sequence>
>                            </xs:complexType>
>         </xs:element>
>         
>         As I have the attributes width and height- in a complexType
>         element 
>         "door", i'd like to  know how i should put them in the element
>         block at
>         scheme? I couldn't see any examples in web related to this
>         point. Is it
>         a common design way not to put attributes in the complex
>         elements? 
>         
>         Greetz,
>         Umut
>         
>         
>         
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• References:
  • complexTypes and attributes
    • From: Umut Emin <j.s.bach@o...>
  • Re: complexTypes and attributes
    • From: "Fraser Goffin" <goffinf@g...>