XML Schema composite type – elements only
XSD Element-only
"Element-only" composite type element is an element that can only contain other elements.
The composite type only contains elements
The XML element, "person", only contains other elements:
<person>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<lastname>Smith</lastname>
</person>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<lastname>Smith</lastname>
</person>
You can define the "person" element in the schema like this:
<xs :element name="person">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
Please note this
Or you can give the complexType element a name and let "person " element's type attribute to reference this name (using this method, several elements can reference the same composite type):
<xs:element name="person" type="persontype" />
<xs:complexType name="persontype">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="persontype">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
