XML Tutorial/XML Schema/element

An element may be named and defined globally.

   <source lang="xml">

<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></source>

An element may be named and defined locally.

   <source lang="xml">

<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></source>

Element Declarations

   <source lang="xml">

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></source>