RE: [xml-dev] Validation help

["Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>]

Define wordType as an extension of ns1:word, where ns1:word is a simple type
derived by restriction from xs:string with the facet <xs:pattern
value="\w+"/>.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Narváez [mailto:crakup@gmail.com] 
> Sent: 25 August 2007 06:07
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: [xml-dev] Validation help
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I have a question about validation.
> This is the xml fragment I want to validate:
> 
> <word syllables="2">arrow</word>
> 
> This is my current complexType for it:
> 
> <xs:complexType name="wordType">
> <xs:simpleContent>
> <xs:extension base="xs:string">
> <xs:attribute name="syllables" type="ns1:lowint" 
> use="required"/> </xs:extension> </xs:simpleContent> </xs:complexType>
> 
> This schema is adequately diligent with the attribute (using 
> a customized "lowint" type which only allows integers from 1 
> to 7), but I want constraints on the contents of the element 
> as well. For one thing, it may not be empty, and must match a 
> "[\w]+" pattern (alphanumeric, no punctuation or whitespace)
> 
> the finished schema should not validate the following invalid 
> xml fragments:
> 
> <word syllables="2"></word>
> <word syllables="2">1 .23</word>
> <word syllables="2">two words</word>
> 
> I'm pretty new to schema... I'm fumbling with it. I've tried 
> dozens of combinations to get this to validate
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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