Exchangeable top-elements in XML Schema?

[Richard Smol]

How can I describe in an XML Schema definition that there are
several top-elemt names possible? IK mean something like
this:

<SomeTopElement>
<!-- rest goes here -->
</SomeTopElement>

or:

<OtherTopElement>
<!-- rest goes here -->
<OtherTopElement>

I looked at unions but get the idea that those only
work with enclosing elements. Is that true?

Thanks in advance for any input.

RS

[Priscilla Walmsley]

Hi,

Any element declaration that is global (i.e. the direct child of the
xs:schema element) can be used as the root element.

So, you don't have to do anything special to indicate that an element
can be the root, just declare both SomeTopElement and OtherTopElement
globally. If they both contain the same content, you can give them the
same type.

Hope that helps,
Priscilla

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Author, Definitive XML Schema
http://www.datypic.com
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