Re: Self reference in an element

Hi Avinash,

I afraid there is no way to refer to an Local element.

HTH,

Pete Cordell
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avinash Nagabhushan" <[email protected]>
To: "Pete Cordell" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Self reference in an element



Hi Pete,

            Thanks a lot for the clarification :) I was wordering if
there was a way to refer to an Local element or an "Anonymous Type
Definitions".


Thanks a lot for the clarification :)

Thanks and Regards,

Avinash K N

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Pete Cordell <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> Hi Avinash,
>
> To do this you will need to break "Department" out into its own top-level
> element (or top-level complexType). For example:
>
> <xs:element name="Organization">
> <xs:complexType>
> <xs:sequence>
> <xs:element ref="ns1:Department" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> </xs:sequence>
> </xs:complexType>
> </xs:element>
>
> <xs:element name="Department">
> <xs:complexType>
> <xs:sequence>
> <xs:element name="Name"/>
> <xs:element name="TotalEmp"/>
> <xs:element ref="ns1:Department" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> </xs:sequence>
> <xs:attribute name="num" type="xs:string"/>
> </xs:complexType>
> </xs:element>
>
> HTH,
>
> Pete Cordell
> Codalogic Ltd
> Interface XML to C++ the easy way using C++ XML
> data binding to convert XSD schemas to C++ classes.
> Visit http://codalogic.com/lmx/ or http://www.xml2cpp.com
> for more info
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avinash Nagabhushan"
> <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:20 AM
> Subject: Self reference in an element
>
>
>
> Hi Sir,
>
> I am writing an schema for the following structure:
>
> Organization
> dept +
> @num
> name
> total_emp
> dept +
> where dept elements are nested within another dept element, but all
> departments are under organization.
>
>
> My Schema is:
>
>
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> <xs:element name="Organization">
> <xs:complexType>
> <xs:sequence>
> <xs:element name="Department" maxOccurs="unbounded">
> <xs:complexType>
> <xs:sequence>
> <xs:element name="Name"/>
> <xs:element name="TotalEmp"/>
> <xs:element ref="ns1:Department" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> </xs:sequence>
> <xs:attribute name="num" type="xs:string"/>
> </xs:complexType>
> </xs:element>
> </xs:sequence>
> </xs:complexType>
> </xs:element>
> </xs:schema>
>
>
> There is a validation error saying "ns1:Department" is not a QName and
> cannot find declaration for the same. Is there something wrong in my
> definition?
>
>
> Can you please let me know whether it is a correct approach or wrong?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Avinash K N
>
>
>
>