XSD: Element data dependant on attribute value...

[maztheozzie]

Hi guys,

Noob question...

I have a XML structure as follows;

<PRODUCT DEFINITION>
<PRODUCT OPTION ID=1990>128</PRODUCT OPTION>
<PRODUCT OPTION ID=1290>CC</PRODUCT OPTION>
<PRODUCT OPTION ID=1430>1</PRODUCT OPTION>
...
</PRODUCT DEFINITION>

I want to define a XSD definition to limit what values can be entered for the <PRODUCT OPTION> element based on what the attribute ID has been set to. For example, ID=1430 allows only 1,2,3 whereas ID=1431 alows a,b,c.

Is this possible??? I have read through a stack of documentation without much luck so any help is much appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Maz

 

[k5tm]

Maz,

This is not XML. Have a look at the XML tutorial at

http://www.w3schools.com.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[maztheozzie]

Thanks Tom.

I am confused. What part of my question is not XML the element definition or what I want to do?

Maz

 

[k5tm]

Maz,

Your example is not correct XML.[ul][li]Element names cannot contain spaces.[/li][li]Attribute values must be contained in quotation marks.[/li][/ul]

This is covered in the XML tutorial mentioned in my last post.

Finally, your question was recently asked (with only a minor variation) and answered in this thread: thread426-1338322.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com