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Unless there's some trick I'm not aware of, you can't define such a
constraint in XML Schema.
Michael Kay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrik Beno [mailto:pb@patrikbeno.net]
> Sent: 12 June 2004 20:49
> To: XML Developers List
> Subject: [xml-dev] XML schema: how to define choice between
> value as an attribute and value as element text
>
>
> Hey there :-)
>
>
> Suppose I have simple element <PersonName>.
>
> I want to define restriction that data (person name itself) may be
> defined either in "value" attribute or as element text.
>
> Meaning - either this way:
>
> <PersonName value="John Doe"/>
>
> or this way:
>
> <PersonName> John Doe </PersonName>
>
> But this is forbidden:
>
> <PersonName value="John Doe"> Jane Smith <PersonName>
>
> I have been reading spec, tutorials, references, I have
> been gooooooooogling for hours but I can't find out how to do this or
> even if it is feasible at all.
>
> Please - can this restriction be defined using XML schema?
> If so, how? Can anyone provide an example?
>
> thnx
>
> --
> Patrik Beno
> mailto:pb@patrikbeno.net
>
>
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