Attribute

Other attributes or elements maps to corresponding tagged values

<attribute

	default = string

	fixed = string

	form = (qualified | unqualified)

	id = ID

	name = NCName

	ref = QName

	type = QName

	use = (optional | prohibited | required ) optional

	{any attributes with non-schema namespace ...} >

	Content: (annotation?,(simpleType?))
</attribute>

Example

<xs:attribute name="age" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>

TEXT

Ref value is generated from ref or refString TaggedValue. One of ref or name must be present, but not both.

If ref is present, then all of <simpleType>, form and type must be absent. Type and <simpleType> must not both be present.

Example of attribute UML model (1).

Example of attribute UML code

	<xs:attribute name = "name" type = "xs:string" default = "minde"

fixed = "fixed_value" form = "qualified" use "optional" >

		<xs:annotation >

			<xs:documentation >name attribute 
documentation</xs:documentation>

		</xs:annotation>

	</xs:attribute>

	<xs:attribute name = "address" fixed = "fixed_value" form =

"qualified" use = "optional" > 
 		<xs:annotation >

			<xs:documentation >surname attribute

documentation‹/xs:documentation>
		</xs:annotation> 
		<xs:simpleType >

			<xs:restriction base = "xs:string" />

		‹/xs:simpleType> 
	</xs:attribute>

	<xs:attribute name = "surname" type    "xs:string" />

	<xs:attributeGroup name = "attr_group" >

		<xs:attribute ref    "nm:name" >

			<xs:annotation >

				<xs:documentation >reference

documentation</xs:documentation>

			</xs:annotation>

		</xs:attribute>

		<xs:attribute ref = "nm:surname" />

	</xs:attributeGroup> 
</xs:schema>