XML Schema: mixin any order and any quantity

[Fermin Galan]

Hi,

I'm trying to build a XML Schema for XMLs like that:

<book>
   <title>...</title>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
   <author>...</autor>
</book>

or like that

<book>
   <title>...</title>
   <author>...</autor>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
</book>

I mean, inside <book> there can be only one <title> (minOccurs=0, maxOccurs=1) and one <author> (minOccurs=0, maxOccurs=1) and many <chapter> (minOccurs=0, maxOccurs=unbounded), but combining them in any order (although all the <chapter>s could be together).

My first thoughts were using <xs:all>, but the problem is that <xs:all> only allows elements with maxOccurs=1, so it doesn't fit with <chapter> (that has maxOccurs=unboonded).

Anybody knows a solution or workaround? I'm getting crazy reviewing the XML Schema reference for some solution, but I'm not finding anything :). Please, any help is very welcome!

Regards,

Fermín

PD. Of course I could do something like:

<book>
   <title>...</title>
   <author>...</autor>
   <chapters>
      <chapter>...</chapter>
      <chapter>...</chapter>
      <chapter>...</chapter>
   </chapters>
</book>

and define <book> as a <xs:all> of <title>, <author> and <chapters>, but I would like to solve the problem without adding the <chapters> "grouping" element.