nameClass

nameClass
Prev	Compact Syntax Reference	Next

Name

nameClass — Define a set of names that must be matched by an element or attribute

Synopsis

nameClass ::= 
name
 |
NCName ":*" [
exceptNameClass]
 |"*" [
exceptNameClass]
 |
nameClass "|" 
nameClass
 |"(" 
nameClass ")"

May be included in

(nameClass), *-nameClass, attribute, element, nameClass|nameClass, nsName exceptNameClass

XML syntax equivalent

None

Description

The nameClass production defines sets of names that must be matched by elements and attributes. Its simplest expression is to define a single name, but specific wildcards can also be expressed as nameClass.