Redefine

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Summary

The <xs:redefine> element causes the definitions from an external schema to be included and modified.

The <xs:redefine> construct allows attributeGroups, complexTypes, group & simpleTypes to be modified.

Deprecated in XSD 1.1.

Creating

Can only be added using the source view.

Properties

Id	A user defined ID to uniquely identify the entity within the schema
Schema Location	The location of the schema to include, can be a URL or relative path from this schema file

Sample

The following XSD code

BaseDef.xsd	Copy Code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <xs:complexType name="personName"> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="title" minOccurs="0" /> <xs:element name="forename" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" /> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> <xs:element name="addressee" type="personName" /> </xs:schema>

BaseDef.xsd

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified"
           xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xs:complexType name="personName">
        <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element name="title"
                        minOccurs="0" />
            <xs:element name="forename"
                        minOccurs="0"
                        maxOccurs="unbounded" />
        </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:element name="addressee"
                type="personName" />
</xs:schema>

RedefineExample.xsd	Copy Code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <xs:redefine schemaLocation="BaseDef.xsd"> <xs:complexType name="personName"> <xs:complexContent> <xs:extension base="personName"> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="generation" minOccurs="0" /> </xs:sequence> </xs:extension> </xs:complexContent> </xs:complexType> </xs:redefine> <xs:element name="author" type="personName" /> </xs:schema>

RedefineExample.xsd

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xs:redefine schemaLocation="BaseDef.xsd">
        <xs:complexType name="personName">
            <xs:complexContent>
                <xs:extension base="personName">
                    <xs:sequence>
                        <xs:element name="generation" minOccurs="0" />
                    </xs:sequence>
                </xs:extension>
            </xs:complexContent>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:redefine>
    <xs:element name="author" type="personName" />
</xs:schema>

Will be represented like this

Inline Properties

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Values that are inherited from the base types are shown in brackets, values specifically set against the item are shown without brackets.

If a facet is not valid for a given type (typically because of its data type), then its value is shown in red.

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