XML Tutorial/XML Schema/element

An element may be named and defined globally.

<xsd:schema
  targetNamespace=
  "http://www.wbex.ru/namespace/employees"
  xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru/namespace/employees"
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  elementFormDefault="qualified">
  <xsd:element name="employees">
   <xsd:complexType>
    <xsd:sequence>
     <xsd:element ref="firstName"/>
     <xsd:element ref="middleName"/>
     <xsd:element ref="lastName"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>
  <xsd:element name="firstName" type="xsd:string"/>
  <xsd:element name="middleName" type="xsd:string"/>
  <xsd:element name="lastName" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:schema>

An element may be named and defined locally.

<xsd:schema
  targetNamespace=
  "http://www.wbex.ru/namespace/employees"
  xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru/namespace/employees"
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  elementFormDefault="qualified">
  <xsd:element name="employees">
   <xsd:complexType>
    <xsd:sequence>
     <xsd:element name="firstName" type="xsd:string"/>
     <xsd:element name="middleName" type="xsd:string"/>
     <xsd:element name="lastName" type="xsd:string"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

Element Declarations

File: Schema.xsd
<?xml version = "1.0" ?>
<schema xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<element name = "Address">
   <complexType>
      <sequence>
         <element name = "Street" type = "string" />
         <element name = "Town" type = "string" />
         <element name = "City" type = "string" />
         <element name = "StateProvinceCounty" type = "string" />
         <element name = "Country" type = "string" />
         <element name = "ZipPostCode" type = "string" />
      </sequence>
   </complexType>
</element>
</schema>
File: Data.xml
<?xml version = "1.0" ?>
<Address>
   <Street>10 Place</Street>
   <Town>A</Town>
   <City>B</City>
   <StateProvinceCounty>C</StateProvinceCounty>
   <Country>D</Country>
   <ZipPostCode>2021</ZipPostCode>
</Address>