XML Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.25, by Herong Yang
Anonymous or Inline Data Types
This section describes the anonymous or inline data type, which is coded inside an 'element' or an 'attribute' statement to which the type is applied.
Anonymous Data Type, also called Inline Data Type: a data type defined with no name and inside an "element" or an "attribute" statement.
If data type is specific to an element or an attribute in a parent data type, and there is no need to share it with other elements or attributes outside the parent data type, you can define it as an anonymous data type - a non-named data type defined inline. For example, the following code:
<xsd:complexType name="my_data_type"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="setting"> <xsd:complexType> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="property" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:integer"/> </xsd:sequence> </xsd:complexType> </xsd:element> </xsd:sequence> </xsd:complexType>
defines "my_data_type" which has a "setting" element, which has an anonymous data type defined inline.
Table of Contents
Introduction of XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
DOM (Document Object Model) Programming Interface
SAX (Simple API for XML) Programming Interface
DTD (Document Type Definition) Introduction
Validating an XML Document against the Specified DTD Document Type
XSD (XML Schema Definition) Introduction
"schema" - The Schema Declaration Statement
"element" - The Element Declaration Statement
Simple Element Types with Built-in Data Types
Simple Element Types with Extended Data Types
►Anonymous or Inline Data Types
dictionary.xsd - A Sample XSD XML Schema File
Validating XML Documents Against Specified XML Schemas
XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) Introduction
XSLT (XSL Transformations) Introduction
XSLT Elements as Programming Statements
Control and Generate XML Element in the Result
PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation
Processing XML with Python Scripts
XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++
XML Plugin Packages for Atom Editor