XML Tutorial/XML Schema/maxLength

maxLength defines the maximum number of units of length using a nonnegative integer

   <source lang="xml">

<xsd:element name="myString">

 <xsd:simpleType>
  <xsd:restriction base="xsd:normalizedString">
   <xsd:maxLength value="10"/>
  </xsd:restriction>
 </xsd:simpleType>

</xsd:element></source>

To specify the maximum length of an element

   <source lang="xml">

File: Schema.xsd <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

 targetNamespace="http://www.wbex.ru" 
 xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru"
 elementFormDefault="qualified">
 <xsd:element name="description">
   <xsd:simpleType>
     <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
       <xsd:maxLength value="200" />
     </xsd:restriction>
   </xsd:simpleType>
 </xsd:element>

</xsd:schema>

File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <description xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru">test</description></source>