XML Schema Documentation

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Schema Document Properties

Target Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10
Language en
Element and Attribute Namespaces
  • Global element and attribute declarations belong to this schema's target namespace.
  • By default, local element declarations belong to this schema's target namespace.
  • By default, local attribute declarations have no namespace.
Schema Composition
  • This schema includes components from the following schema document(s):
    • inline.xsd
Documentation This schema defines attributes and simpleTypes that can be referenced from any other part of MAML.

Declared Namespaces

Prefix Namespace
Default namespace http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
xml http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace
doc http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/internal
maml http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10
Schema Component Representation
<schema xml:lang="en" targetNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" blockDefault="#all">
<include schemaLocation="inline.xsd"/>
...
</schema>
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Global Declarations

Element: notLocalizable

Name notLocalizable
Type maml:inlineType
Nillable no
Abstract no
Disallowed Substitutions restriction, extension, substitution
Documentation Identifies a span of text that should not be localized.
XML Instance Representation
<maml:notLocalizable> maml:inlineType </maml:notLocalizable>
Schema Component Representation
<element name="notLocalizable" type="maml:inlineType"/>
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Global Definitions

Attribute Group: addressAttributeGroup

Name addressAttributeGroup
XML Instance Representation
address="ID [0..1] ?"
Schema Component Representation
<attributeGroup name="addressAttributeGroup">
<attribute name="address" type="ID"/>
</attributeGroup>
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Attribute Group: contentIdentificationSharingAndConditionGroup

Name contentIdentificationSharingAndConditionGroup
Documentation Provides a set of attributes for identifying and marking content for sharing and conditional filtering.
XML Instance Representation

address="ID [0..1] ?"
condition="token [0..1] ?"
replaceWith="anyURI [0..1] ?"
conditionalDelete="anyURI [0..1] ?"
Schema Component Representation
<attributeGroup name="contentIdentificationSharingAndConditionGroup">
<attributeGroup ref="maml:addressAttributeGroup"/>
<attribute name="condition" type="token"/>
<attribute name="replaceWith" type="anyURI"/>
<attribute name="conditionalDelete" type="anyURI"/>
</attributeGroup>
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Attribute Group: linkingAttributeGroup

Name linkingAttributeGroup
XML Instance Representation
href="anyURI [0..1]"
uri="anyURI [0..1]"
address="ID [0..1] ?"
condition="token [0..1] ?"
replaceWith="anyURI [0..1] ?"
conditionalDelete="anyURI [0..1] ?"
Schema Component Representation
<attributeGroup name="linkingAttributeGroup">
<attribute name="href" type="anyURI"/>
<attribute name="uri" type="anyURI"/>
<attributeGroup ref="maml:contentIdentificationSharingAndConditionGroup"/>
</attributeGroup>
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Complex Type: emptyType

Super-types: None
Sub-types: None
Name emptyType
Abstract no
Prohibited Substitutions restriction, extension
Documentation Intended for creating empty elements without attributes. There is no schema type for empty.
XML Instance Representation
<.../>
Schema Component Representation
<complexType name="emptyType"/>
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Complex Type: integerType

Super-types: integer < integerType (by extension)
Sub-types: None
Name integerType
Abstract no
Prohibited Substitutions restriction, extension
Documentation This type includes the common attributes and allows integer data.
XML Instance Representation
<...
address="ID [0..1] ?"
condition="token [0..1] ?"
replaceWith="anyURI [0..1] ?"
conditionalDelete="anyURI [0..1] ?">
integer
</...>
Schema Component Representation
<complexType name="integerType">
<simpleContent>
<extension base="integer"></extension>
</simpleContent>
</complexType>
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Complex Type: textType

Super-types: None
Sub-types: None
Name textType
Abstract no
Prohibited Substitutions restriction, extension
Documentation Includes the common attributes, allows character data and the notLocalizable element.
XML Instance Representation
<...
address="ID [0..1] ?"
condition="token [0..1] ?"
replaceWith="anyURI [0..1] ?"
conditionalDelete="anyURI [0..1] ?">
<!-- Mixed content -->
Start Sequence [0..*]
Start Choice [1]
<maml:notLocalizable> ... </maml:notLocalizable> [1]
End Choice
End Sequence
</...>
Schema Component Representation
<complexType name="textType" mixed="true">
<sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<choice>
<element ref="maml:notLocalizable"/>
</choice>
</sequence>
<attributeGroup ref="maml:contentIdentificationSharingAndConditionGroup"/>
</complexType>
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Simple Type: alertTypesEnumType

Super-types: string < alertTypesEnumType (by restriction)
Sub-types: None
Name alertTypesEnumType
Content
  • Base XSD Type: string
  • value comes from list: {'tip'|'note'|'caution'|'important'|'warning'|'bestpractice'|'other'|'security'|'performance'|'configuration'}
Documentation Describes the type of alert.
Schema Component Representation
<simpleType name="alertTypesEnumType">
<restriction base="string">
<enumeration value="tip"/>
<enumeration value="note"/>
<enumeration value="caution"/>
<enumeration value="important"/>
<enumeration value="warning"/>
<enumeration value="bestpractice"/>
<enumeration value="other"/>
<enumeration value="security"/>
<enumeration value="performance"/>
<enumeration value="configuration"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
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Simple Type: conditionStringType

Super-types: anyURI < conditionStringType (by restriction)
Sub-types: None
Name conditionStringType
Content
  • Base XSD Type: anyURI
Schema Component Representation
<simpleType name="conditionStringType">
<restriction base="anyURI"/>
</simpleType>
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Simple Type: devLanguagesType

Super-types: token < devLanguagesType (by restriction)
Sub-types: None
Name devLanguagesType
Content
  • Base XSD Type: token
  • value comes from list: {'cpp'|'vb'|'vbs'|'js'|'c#'|'j#'|'jscript#'|'cpp#'|'vb#'|'xml'|'html'|'other'|'other#'}
Documentation Describes the development language for a specific part of a document.
Schema Component Representation
<simpleType name="devLanguagesType">
<restriction base="token">
<enumeration value="cpp"/>
<enumeration value="vb"/>
<enumeration value="vbs"/>
<enumeration value="js"/>
<enumeration value="c#"/>
<enumeration value="j#"/>
<enumeration value="jscript#"/>
<enumeration value="cpp#"/>
<enumeration value="vb#"/>
<enumeration value="xml"/>
<enumeration value="html"/>
<enumeration value="other"/>
<enumeration value="other#"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
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Simple Type: mediaFileFormatsEnumType

Super-types: token < mediaFileFormatsEnumType (by restriction)
Sub-types: None
Name mediaFileFormatsEnumType
Content
  • Base XSD Type: token
  • value comes from list: {'asx'|'bmp'|'eps'|'flash'|'gif'|'png'|'jpeg'|'shockwave'|'quicktime'|'wma'|'wmf'|'mpeg'|'mp3'|'other'}
Documentation Describes the type of media file format.
Schema Component Representation
<simpleType name="mediaFileFormatsEnumType">
<restriction base="token">
<enumeration value="asx"/>
<enumeration value="bmp"/>
<enumeration value="eps"/>
<enumeration value="flash"/>
<enumeration value="gif"/>
<enumeration value="png"/>
<enumeration value="jpeg"/>
<enumeration value="shockwave"/>
<enumeration value="quicktime"/>
<enumeration value="wma"/>
<enumeration value="wmf"/>
<enumeration value="mpeg"/>
<enumeration value="mp3"/>
<enumeration value="other"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
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Complex Type:

Schema Component Type

AusAddress

Schema Component Name
Super-types: Address < AusAddress (by extension)
Sub-types:
  • QLDAddress (by restriction)
If this schema component is a type definition, its type hierarchy is shown in a gray-bordered box.
Name AusAddress
Abstract no
The table above displays the properties of this schema component.
XML Instance Representation
<... country="Australia" >
<unitNo> string </unitNo> [0..1]
<houseNo> string </houseNo> [1]
<street> string </street> [1]
Start Choice [1]
<city> string </city> [1]
<town> string </town> [1]
End Choice
<state> AusStates </state> [1]
<postcode> string <<pattern = [1-9][0-9]{3}>> </postcode> [1] ?
</...>

The XML Instance Representation table above shows the schema component's content as an XML instance.

Schema Component Representation
<complexType name="AusAddress">
<complexContent>
<extension base="Address">
<sequence>
<element name="state" type="AusStates"/>
<element name="postcode">
<simpleType>
<restriction base="string">
<pattern value="[1-9][0-9]{3}"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
</element>
</sequence>
<attribute name="country" type="string" fixed="Australia"/>
</extension>
</complexContent>
</complexType>
The Schema Component Representation table above displays the underlying XML representation of the schema component. (Annotations are not shown.)
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Glossary

Abstract (Applies to complex type definitions and element declarations). An abstract element or complex type cannot used to validate an element instance. If there is a reference to an abstract element, only element declarations that can substitute the abstract element can be used to validate the instance. For references to abstract type definitions, only derived types can be used.

All Model Group Child elements can be provided in any order in instances. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#element-all.

Choice Model Group Only one from the list of child elements and model groups can be provided in instances. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#element-choice.

Collapse Whitespace Policy Replace tab, line feed, and carriage return characters with space character (Unicode character 32). Then, collapse contiguous sequences of space characters into single space character, and remove leading and trailing space characters.

Disallowed Substitutions (Applies to element declarations). If substitution is specified, then substitution group members cannot be used in place of the given element declaration to validate element instances. If derivation methods, e.g. extension, restriction, are specified, then the given element declaration will not validate element instances that have types derived from the element declaration's type using the specified derivation methods. Normally, element instances can override their declaration's type by specifying an xsi:type attribute.

Key Constraint Like Uniqueness Constraint, but additionally requires that the specified value(s) must be provided. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#cIdentity-constraint_Definitions.

Key Reference Constraint Ensures that the specified value(s) must match value(s) from a Key Constraint or Uniqueness Constraint. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#cIdentity-constraint_Definitions.

Model Group Groups together element content, specifying the order in which the element content can occur and the number of times the group of element content may be repeated. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#Model_Groups.

Nillable (Applies to element declarations). If an element declaration is nillable, instances can use the xsi:nil attribute. The xsi:nil attribute is the boolean attribute, nil, from the http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance namespace. If an element instance has an xsi:nil attribute set to true, it can be left empty, even though its element declaration may have required content.

Notation A notation is used to identify the format of a piece of data. Values of elements and attributes that are of type, NOTATION, must come from the names of declared notations. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#cNotation_Declarations.

Preserve Whitespace Policy Preserve whitespaces exactly as they appear in instances.

Prohibited Derivations (Applies to type definitions). Derivation methods that cannot be used to create sub-types from a given type definition.

Prohibited Substitutions (Applies to complex type definitions). Prevents sub-types that have been derived using the specified derivation methods from validating element instances in place of the given type definition.

Replace Whitespace Policy Replace tab, line feed, and carriage return characters with space character (Unicode character 32).

Sequence Model Group Child elements and model groups must be provided in the specified order in instances. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#element-sequence.

Substitution Group Elements that are members of a substitution group can be used wherever the head element of the substitution group is referenced.

Substitution Group Exclusions (Applies to element declarations). Prohibits element declarations from nominating themselves as being able to substitute a given element declaration, if they have types that are derived from the original element's type using the specified derivation methods.

Target Namespace The target namespace identifies the namespace that components in this schema belongs to. If no target namespace is provided, then the schema components do not belong to any namespace.

Uniqueness Constraint Ensures uniqueness of an element/attribute value, or a combination of values, within a specified scope. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#cIdentity-constraint_Definitions.

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