Custom XML tags possible?

[herman404]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if it was possible to have a XML schema that can specify a different type of XML element. For example, we have an XML file that has this:

<xml header>
<body1>data</body1>
<body2>moredata</body2>
</xml header>

My question is that can we write a schema that can allow for XML files to have the different tags based on other stuff in the file. In order words, can we write a schema that works with the below example:

<xml header>
<body1>data</body1>
<data>stuff</data>
</xml header>

Thanks

 

[JontyMC]

So you want to constrain the name of the second child node based on the value of the first node?

This is not possible (as far as I know) with XML schema. You will need to use schematron. Something along the lines of:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<schema xmlns="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.ascc.net/xml/schematron">[/URL]
  <pattern name="Structural Validation">
    <rule context="xmlHeader">
      <assert test="local-name(*[2]) = body1">
        Second child node name must be the value of the body1
      </assert>
      .....

Jon

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