RELAX NG by Eric van der Vlist will be published by O'Reilly & Associates (ISBN: 0596004214)
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optional — optional pattern
pattern
element optional { ( attribute ns { text }?, attribute datatypeLibrary { xsd:anyURI }?, attribute * - (rng:* | local:*) { text }* ), ( ( element * - rng:* { ... }* ) & ( element element { ... } | element attribute { ... } | element group { ... } | element interleave { ... } | element choice { ... } | element optional { ... } | element zeroOrMore { ... } | element oneOrMore { ... } | element list { ... } | element mixed { ... } | element ref { ... } | element parentRef { ... } | element empty { ... } | element text { ... } | element value { ... } | element data { ... } | element notAllowed { ... } | element externalRef { ... } | element grammar { ... } )+ ) } |
attribute, choice, define, element, except, group, interleave, list, mixed, oneOrMore, optional, start, zeroOrMore.
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The optional pattern specifies that its sub-patterns considered as an ordered group is optional, i.e. must be matched zero or one time.
<element name="author"> <attribute name="id"/> <element name="name"> <text/> </element> <element name="born"> <text/> </element> <optional> <element name="died"> <text/> </element> </optional> </element> <element name="name"> <choice> <text/> <group> <element name="first"><text/></element> <optional> <element name="middle"><text/></element> </optional> <element name="last"><text/></element> </group> </choice> </element> |
The datatypeLibrary attribute defines the default datatype library. The value of datatypeLibrary is inherited.
The ns attribute defines the default namespace for the elements defined in a portion of schema. The value of ns is inherited.
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