my xsd file

Question

Hi

I want to be able to do the following but i am not sure how to do it. As you can see in the ConfigurationFileType there are three elements.

ServerSettingsType and AdministrativeType can appear in any order 0 or 1 times. thats fine.

But my xml file might have 1 or more additional elements at the same level. how do i do this.

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    elementFormDefault="qualified">
  

 <xsd:element name="ConfigurationFile" type="ConfigurationFileType"/>
 
 <xsd:complexType name="ConfigurationFileType">
	<xsd:all>
   		<xsd:element name="ServerSettings"  type="ServerSettingsType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
   		<xsd:element name="Administrative"  type="AdministrativeType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
      <xsd:element name="*" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  </xsd:all>
</xsd:complexType>

 <xsd:complexType name="ServerSettingsType">
  <xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:any minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="skip"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
 </xsd:complexType>

<xsd:complexType name="AdministrativeType">
  <xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:any minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="skip"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
 </xsd:complexType>

</xsd:schema>

Answer 1

I guess the following works but is kinda relaxed.

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    elementFormDefault="qualified">
  

 <xsd:element name="ConfigurationFile" type="ConfigurationFileType"/>

  <xsd:complexType name="ConfigurationFileType">
    <xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:any minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="skip"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
  </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>

could i make the <xsd:any ref="SettingsType" so how?

<xsd:element name="SettingsType" >
    <xsd:complexType>
      <xsd:sequence>      
        <xsd:any minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="skip"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
    </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>

Answer 2

You'll be OK if you will not validate your xml with this xsd. The schema validation is optional.

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Leonid Ganeline [BizTalk MVP] BizTalk: the Naming Conventions in Examples