I can have multiple <i> elements, but the editor won't allow me to add
<i> MIXED TEXT <i>.
If I do it by hand the result is validated with no problems.

On 5/24/07, Ignacio Garcia <igcxslt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have the following problem...
>
> I have created a schema that with a complex type that contains a few
> html like tags:
>
> <xsd:complexType name="notesText" mixed="true">
>         <xsd:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>                 <xsd:element name="b" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
>                 <xsd:element name="i" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
>                 <xsd:element name="p" type="notesText" minOccurs="0"/>
>                 <xsd:element name="br" minOccurs="0">
>                         <xsd:simpleType>
>                                 <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
>                                         <xsd:length value="0"/>
>                                 </xsd:restriction>
>                         </xsd:simpleType>
>                 </xsd:element>
>                 <xsd:element name="a" minOccurs="0">
>                         <xsd:complexType mixed="true">
>                                 <xsd:attribute name="href" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
>                         </xsd:complexType>
>                 </xsd:element>
>                 <xsd:element name="ul" minOccurs="0">
>                         <xsd:complexType>
>                                 <xsd:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
>                                         <xsd:element name="li" type="notesText" minOccurs="0"/>
>                                 </xsd:sequence>
>                         </xsd:complexType>
>                 </xsd:element>
>       </xsd:sequence>
> </xsd:complexType>
>
> As you can see, the type is simple and does exactly what I want...
> If I put this inside an element and create an stylesheet using
> <xsl:copy-of> I get the desired result of working html code...
>
> HOWEVER, using this definition none of the html editors I have used
> lets me add the same html-like-tag two times in a row with text in
> between them...
>
> Let me explain:
>
> If my element contains:
> ----------------
> This is some <b>text</b> with <i>html</i> tags on it.
> ----------------
>
> Everything works perfect...BUT if after that I want to add <i>another
> italics</i>, the editor won't let me... If I use a raw text editor,
> then I can add it, and the instance is valid, but any xml editor that
> helps with tag addition will not let me add the second <i> after I
> have used one.
>
> However, if I have some other html-like-tag between the two <i>, then
> there is no problem...
>
> Does anyone know why???
> I have tried adding <sequence minOccurrs=0" maxOccurrs="unbounded">
> surrounding all the html-like elements, but that does not work
> either...

This is an XML Schema question, not XSLT, so its better asked on XML
Schema Dev (although Schema Aware XSLT is on-topic so I guess the
lines are blurred a little).

You've defined <i> as optional, so you're only only allowed 0 or 1
occurrence, hence when you add second the XML becomes invalid.  If you
want to allow more that one then specify maxOccurs on the definition
to it optional-repeatable.

Even then, all that will do is allow you to have multiple <i>'s in a
sequence.  If you want to allow any element in any order then I use a
group:

<xs:group name="html-elements">
  <xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name="b" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
    <xs:element name="i" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
    <xs:element name="p" type="html-elements" minOccurs="0"/>
    .....
  </
</

and then:

<xs:complexType name="notesText" mixed="true">
       <xs:group ref="html-elements" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</

This should allow any mix of "html-elements" and text.

(this is just one way I've done it - there may well be better ways)

cheers
andrew