XML Schema simpleContent Element

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Definition and Usage

The simpleContent element contains an extension or restriction of the complexType element (which contains character data or a simpleType element as content) and does not contain any elements.

Element information

Occurrence One
Parent element complexType
Content

Optional — annotation

Mandatory option — One and only one of the following elements: restriction (simpleContent) or extension (simpleContent).

Syntax

<simpleContent
id=ID
any attributes
>
(annotation?,(restriction|extension))
</simpleContent>

(The ? symbol indicates that the element can occur zero or one times within the simpleContent element.)

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

Instance

Example 1

This is an XML element containing only text (<shoesize>):

<shoesize country="france">35</shoesize>

The following example declares a complex type "shoesize", whose content is defined as an integer data type and includes 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>

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