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syeshind0bdb8e2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000[diff] [blame]25<h1 class="topictitle1">Adding attribute groups</h1>
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syeshinf3d0d4b2005-07-27 18:33:03 +0000[diff] [blame]30<div><p>An attribute group definition is an association between a name
syeshind0bdb8e2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000[diff] [blame]31and a set of attribute declarations. Named groups of attribute declarations
32can greatly facilitate the maintenance and reuse of common attribute declarations
33in an XML schema.</p>
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]34
syeshind0bdb8e2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000[diff] [blame]35<div class="section"><p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective,
36but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p>
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]37<p>To add an attribute
38group to an XML schema, follow these steps:</p>
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41<ol>
42<li class="stepexpand"><span>Open your XML schema in the XML schema editor.</span></li>
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44<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Outline view, right-click the <span class="uicontrol">Attribute Groups</span> folder
45and click <span class="uicontrol">Add Attribute Group</span>.</span> It appears
46in the <span class="uicontrol">Attribute Groups</span> folder.</li>
47
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]48<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select your new group, and in the Design view, right-click the
49attribute group and select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Refactor</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Rename</span>
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]50</span>. In the <span class="uicontrol">New Name</span> field, type a name
51for the attribute group.</span></li>
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53<li class="stepexpand"><span>To add an attribute, right-click your attribute group in the Outline
54view, click <span class="uicontrol">Add Attribute</span>.</span> The attribute
55appears below the attribute group in the Outline view.
56<ol type="a">
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]57<li class="substepexpand"><span>Select the attribute, and in the Design view, click the current
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]58(default) name of the attribute, then type the new <span class="uicontrol">Name</span>.</span>
59</li>
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kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]61<li class="substepexpand"><span>In the Design view, click the current (default) attribute type
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]62and select a type from the menu. Alternately, you can select browse to invoke
63the Set Type menu for more options.</span> The Set Type dialog lists all
64built-in and user-defined types currently available. You can change the <span class="uicontrol">Scope</span> of
65the list by selecting one of the following options:<ul>
66<li><span class="uicontrol">Workspace</span>. Lists all of the types available in
67your workspace. </li>
68
69<li><span class="uicontrol">Enclosing Project</span>. Lists all of the types available
70in the project that contains your file. </li>
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72<li>(Default) <span class="uicontrol">Current Resource</span>. List all of the types
73available in your current file.</li>
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75<li><span class="uicontrol">Working Sets</span>. List all the types available within
76the selected working set.</li>
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78</ul>
79</li>
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81</ol>
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83</li>
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85<li class="stepexpand"><span>An attribute reference provides a reference to a global attribute.
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]86To add an attribute reference, in the Design view, right-click the complex
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]87type containing the element, and click <span class="uicontrol">Add Attribute Ref</span>.</span>
88 A declaration that references a global attribute enables the referenced
89attribute to appear in the instance document in the context of the referencing
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]90declaration. Select the reference, then select the attribute group you want
91it to reference in the Properties view, from the<span class="uicontrol">Ref</span> menu.
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]92</li>
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94<li class="stepexpand"><span>An attribute group reference provides a reference to an attribute
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]95group. To add an attribute group reference, in the Design view, right-click
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]96the complex type containing the element, and click <span class="uicontrol">Add Attribute
97Group Ref</span>.</span> A declaration that references a global attribute
98enables the referenced attribute to appear in the instance document in the
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]99context of the referencing declaration. Select the reference, then select
100the attribute group you want it to reference in the Properties view, from
101the<span class="uicontrol">Ref</span> menu.</li>
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]102
103<li class="stepexpand"><span>An <samp class="codeph">any</samp> element enables element content according
104to namespaces, and the corresponding <samp class="codeph">any</samp> attribute element
105enables attributes to appear in elements. To add an <samp class="codeph">any</samp> attribute,
106right-click your attribute group and click <span class="uicontrol">Add Any Attribute</span>.</span>
107 The <samp class="codeph">any</samp> appears below the attribute group in the Outline
108view. You can specify the following values for an <samp class="codeph">any</samp> attribute:
syeshind0bdb8e2005-10-27 17:44:14 +0000[diff] [blame]109<ul>
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]110<li>For a <span class="uicontrol">namespace</span> value, you can
111select:<ul>
112<li><strong>##any</strong>. This allows any well-formed XML from any namespace.</li>
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]113
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]114<li><strong>##local </strong>. This allows any well-formed XML that is not declared
115to be in a namespace.</li>
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117<li><strong>##other</strong>. This allows any well-formed XML that is not from the target
118namespace of the type being defined.</li>
119
120<li><strong>##targetNamespace </strong>. This is shorthand for the target namespace
121of the type being defined.</li>
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123</ul>
124</li>
125
126<li>For a <span class="uicontrol">processContents</span> value, you can select:<ul>
127<li><strong>skip</strong>. The XML processor will not validate the attribute content
128at all.</li>
129
130<li><strong>lax</strong>. The XML processor will validate the attribute content as much
131as it can.</li>
132
133<li><strong>strict</strong>. The XML processor will validate all the attribute content.</li>
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135</ul>
136</li>
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