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29<h1 class="topictitle1">Adding element references</h1>
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34<div><p>An element reference provides a reference to a global element.
35A declaration that references a global element enables the referenced global
36element to appear in the instance document in the context of the referencing
37declaration.</p>
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39<div class="section"><p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective,
40but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p>
41<p>To add an element
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45<ol>
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]46<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Design view, right-click the content model you want to work
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +0000[diff] [blame]47with and click <span class="uicontrol">Add Element Ref</span>.</span> If
48no global element is defined in the document, a new global element is created
49for you, and the element reference will point to it.</li>
50
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]51<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the element reference. To specify values for an element
52reference:</span>
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kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]54<li>Click the name of the element reference in the Design view. Enter
55the name of the element reference.</li>
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kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]57<li>Click the element reference type in the Design view.
58Select a type from the menu, or select <span class="uicontrol">Browse</span> for more
59options.</li>
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61</ul>
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65<li class="stepexpand"><span>(Optional) Select the appropriate value in the <span class="uicontrol">MinOccurs</span> field.</span>
66 This is the number of times the global element referenced can appear
67in an instance document. If you want the element to be optional, select <span class="uicontrol">0</span>.
68Otherwise, select <span class="uicontrol">1</span>. </li>
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70<li class="stepexpand"><span>(Optional) Select the appropriate value in the <span class="uicontrol">MaxOccurs</span> field.</span>
71 This is the maximum number of times the global element referenced can
72appear. You can select <span class="uicontrol">unbounded</span> to indicate there
73is no maximum number of occurrences.</li>
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75<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click the <span class="uicontrol">Documentation</span> tab if you want
76to provide any information about this element reference.</span> The <span class="uicontrol">Documentation</span> page
kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]77is used for human readable material, such as a description.</li>
78
79<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click the <span class="uicontrol">Extensions</span> tab if you want to
80add application information elements to your annotations of schema components.</span>
81 The <span class="uicontrol">Extensions</span> page allows you to specify the
82schema and add XML content to your annotations.</li>
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kprice43d0c0f2006-05-18 15:56:09 +0000[diff] [blame]88<div><div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
89<div><a href="../topics/taddglem.html" title="A global element is an element with a global scope. It is one that has been declared as part of the main schema rather than as part of a content model.">Adding global elements</a></div>
90<div><a href="../topics/taddelm.html" title="Elements are fundamental building blocks in XML. Element declarations provide value constraints, provide a description that can be used for validation, establish constraining relationships between related elements and attributes, and control the substitution of elements.">Adding elements</a></div>
91<div><a href="../topics/taddanye.html" title="You can use the any element in a similar way as a DTD's ANY content model, however, it must be done in conjunction with namespaces. This enables you to include any well-formed XML content, such as an HTML Web page that conforms to XHTML 1.0 syntax.">Adding an any element</a></div>
92<div><a href="../topics/taddglba.html" title="A global attribute is an attribute that can be recognized anywhere in a document. Once declared, a global attribute can be referenced in one or more declarations using an attribute reference.">Adding global attributes</a></div>
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