XSD keyRef

[Kent Boogaart]

Hello,

I have a complex type defined in its own schema as follows:

<xsd:complexType name="myType">
<xsd:complexContent>
<xsd:extension base="myBaseType">
<xsd:attribute name="parentId" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>

I want to apply a keyRef so that the parentId attribute must refer to a
valid ID (defined elsewhere in another schema). However, as far as I can
tell, XSD only allows you to specify a keyRef inside an element declaration.
But I don't want to declare an element. Does anyone know how I can declare a
keyRef without requiring the element?

Thanks,
Kent

[Stan Kitsis [MSFT]]

You can't. key/kerefs must be declared on an element. It could be either a
global element or a local element.

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"Kent Boogaart" <ke****@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a complex type defined in its own schema as follows:

<xsd:complexType name="myType">
<xsd:complexContent>
<xsd:extension base="myBaseType">
<xsd:attribute name="parentId" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>

I want to apply a keyRef so that the parentId attribute must refer to a
valid ID (defined elsewhere in another schema). However, as far as I can
tell, XSD only allows you to specify a keyRef inside an element
declaration. But I don't want to declare an element. Does anyone know how
I can declare a keyRef without requiring the element?

Thanks,
Kent

[Kent Boogaart]

Thanks for the reply. Is this a known flaw in XSD? Will something be done
about it? It seems a bit limiting to me. I have a similar problem trying to
declare uniqueness on a complex type's outer element's children.

Thanks again,
Kent

"Stan Kitsis [MSFT]" <sk***@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43********@news.microsoft.com...

You can't. key/kerefs must be declared on an element. It could be either
a global element or a local element.

--
Stan Kitsis
Program Manager, XML Technologies
Microsoft Corporation

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"Kent Boogaart" <ke****@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:uH**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hello,

I have a complex type defined in its own schema as follows:

<xsd:complexType name="myType">
<xsd:complexContent>
<xsd:extension base="myBaseType">
<xsd:attribute name="parentId" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>

I want to apply a keyRef so that the parentId attribute must refer to a
valid ID (defined elsewhere in another schema). However, as far as I can
tell, XSD only allows you to specify a keyRef inside an element
declaration. But I don't want to declare an element. Does anyone know how
I can declare a keyRef without requiring the element?

Thanks,
Kent