xs:element with two types (xs:string and xs:int)

[Adam Retter]

I would like to have an element defined in my XML Schema, that can hold
either an xs:string or xs:int value. Is this possible?

e.g. something like -

<xs:element name="service">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string"/>
<xs:restriction base="xs:int"/>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>


Thanks

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Adam Retter
Devon Portal Technician

Devon Portal Project
Devon e-Partnership
County Hall
Exeter
Devon, UK.

 

[Martin Honnen]

I would like to have an element defined in my XML Schema, that can hold
either an xs:string or xs:int value. Is this possible?

You can build a union of simple types e.g.
<xs:union>
however I am not sure what sense that makes for xs:string and xs:int as
obviously xs:string contains any xs:int anyway.

 

[C. M. Sperberg-McQueen]

You can build a union of simple types e.g.
<xs:union>
however I am not sure what sense that makes for xs:string and xs:int
as obviously xs:string contains any xs:int anyway.

The lexical space of xsd:string contains the lexical space
of xsd:int, but the value spaces are disjoint, and it
can matter to an application which uses the type annotations
provided by schema processing.

-C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
World Wide Web Consortium