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XML Schema simpleContent Element

Complete XML Schema Reference

Definition and Usage

The simpleContent element contains extensions or restrictions on a text-only complex type or on a simple type as content and contains no elements.

Element Information

Parent elements: complexType

Syntax

<simpleContent
id=ID
any attributes
>

(annotation?,(restriction|extension))

</simpleContent>

(The ? sign declares that the element can occur zero or one time inside the simpleContent element)

Attribute	Description
id	Optional. Specifies a unique ID for the element
any attributes	Optional. Specifies any other attributes with non-schema namespace

Example 1

Here is an example of an XML element (<shoesize>) that contains text-only:

The following example declares a complexType, "shoesize", with its content defined as a integer data type and with a country attribute:

<xs:element name="shoesize">
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:simpleContent>
      <xs:extension base="xs:integer">
        <xs:attribute name="country" type="xs:string" />
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:simpleContent>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>