integer Integer or whole numbers - Sign omitted, "+" is assumed.

Example: -1, 0, 7 XML Types

12678967543233, +100000.
Name XML Names
long 9223372036854775807 to -9223372036854775808. Sign omitted, "+"
assumed.
NCName XML "non-colonized" Names.

XML Schema - Data Types Example: -1, 0, 12678967543233, +100000.

negativeInteger Infinite set {...,-2,-1}.

NOTATION
QName
NOTATION type

XML qualified names

Quick Reference Example: -1, -12678967543233, -100000.

nonNegativeInteger Infinite set {0, 1, 2, ...}. Sign omitted, "+" assumed, leading
Following attribute types should only be used in attribute
declaration for compatiblity reasons:

ver 9/01 zeroes are prohibited. ENTITIES ENTITIES attribute type

Example: 1, 0, 12678967543233, +100000.
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ENTITY ENTITY attribute type
http://www.xml.dvint.com nonPositiveInteger Infinite set {...,-2,-1,0}. Example: -1, 0, -126733, -100000.
ID ID attribute type
positiveInteger Infinite set {1, 2, ...}. Optional "+" sign, leading zeroes are pro-
hibited. Example: 1, 12678967543233, +100000. IDREF IDREF attribute type
1 Namespaces
• http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema short 32767 to -32768. Sign omitted, "+" assumed. IDREFS IDREFS attribute type
• http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes Example: -1, 0, 12678, +10000. NMTOKEN NMTOKEN attribute type
2 Logic Types unsignedByte 0 to 255. a finite-length leading zeroes prohibited. NMTOKENS NMTOKENS attribute type
Example: 0, 126, 100.
boolean binary-valued logic legal literals {true, false, 1, 0}
8 S im p l e D a t a T y p e D e c l a r a t i o n
unsignedInt 0 to 4294967295 leading zeroes are prohibited. Example: 0,
3 B inary Data Types 1267896754, 100000. <simpleType id = ID
base64Binary Base64-encoded arbitrary binary data. unsignedLong 0 to 18446744073709551615. final = (#all | (list | union | restriction))
Example: 0, 12678967543233, 100000. name = NCName>
hexBinary Arbitrary hex-encoded binary data. Example, "0FB7" is a hex encoding
for 16-bit int 4023 (binary 111110110111). Content: ( annotation ?, ( restriction | list | union )) </simpleType>
unsignedShort 0 to 65535 leading zeroes are prohibited.
Example: 0, 12678, 10000. <restriction id = ID
4 Text types
base = QName>
6 Date Time Types
anyURI A Uniform Resource Identifier Reference (URI). Can be absolute or rela- Content: ( annotation ?, ( simpleType ?, ( minExclusive | minInclusive |
tive, and may have an optional fragment identifier date Calendar date. Example, May the 31st, 1999 is: 1999-05-31. maxExclusive | maxInclusive | totalDigits | fractionDigits | length | minLength |
language natural language identifiers [RFC 1766] Example: en, fr dateTime Specific instant of time. ISO 8601 extended format CCYY-MM-
maxLength | enumeration | whiteSpace | pattern )*)) </restriction>
normalizedString White space normalized strings DDThh:mm:ss. Example, to indicate 1:20 pm on May the 31st, 1999 for Eastern <list id = ID
Standard Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): 1999-05-
string Character strings in XML
itemType = QName>
31T13:20:00-05:00.
Content: ( annotation ?, ( simpleType ?)) </list>
token Tokenized strings. duration A duration of time. ISO 8601 extended format <union id = ID
PnYn MnDTnH nMn S. Example, to indicate duration of 1 year, 2 months, 3 days, 10
5 Number Types memberTypes = List of QName>
hours, and 30 minutes: P1Y2M3DT10H30M. One could also indicate a duration of
minus 120 days as: -P120D. Content: ( annotation ?, ( simpleType *)) </union>
byte 127 to-128. Sign is omitted, "+" assumed.
Example: -1, 0, 126, +100. gDay Gregorian day, a day such as the 5th of the month.
decimal Arbitrary precision decimal numbers. Sign omitted, "+" is assumed. Lead- gMonth Gregorian month. Example: May is 05.
ing and trailing zeroes are optional. If the fractional part is zero, the period and fol-
lowing zero(es) can be omitted. gMonthDay Gregorian specific day in a month.
Example: Feb 5 is 02-05.
double Double-precision 64-bit floating point type - legal literals {0, -0, INF, -INF
and NaN} Example, -1E4, 12.78e-2, 12 and INF gYear Gregorian calendar year. Example, year 1999, write: 1999.

float 32-bit floating point type - legal literals {0, -0, INF, -INF and NaN} Example, - gYearMonth Specific gregorian month and year. ©2001 D Vint Productions
1E4, 1267.43233E12, 12.78e-2, 12 and INF Example, May 1999, write: 1999-05.
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int 2147483647 to -2147483648. an optional sign followed by a finite-length tim e An instant of time that recurs every day. Example, 1:20 pm for Eastern Stan- http://w w w .xm l.dvint.com
sequence of decimal digits (#x30-#x39). If the sign is omitted, "+" is assumed. Exam- dard Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), write:
ple: -1, 0, 126789675, +100000. 13:20:00-05:00.
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value = nonNegativeInteger > fixed = boolean : false \t tab \p{IsBasicLatin} block escape
double ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Content: (annotation?) </minLength> value = anySimpleType> duration ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . (dot) all characters except newline ilar IsGreek, IsHebrew, IsThai for
Content: (annotation?) and return
<maxLength id = ID ENTITIES ? ? ? ? ? these ranges of Unicode blocks
</minExclusive> \s space characters (space, tab,
fixed = boolean : false ENTITY ? ? ? ? ? ? \p{L} all Letters
newline, return)
value = nonNegativeInteger > <minInclusive id = ID float ? ? ? ? ? ? ? \p{M} all Marks
Content: (annotation?) </maxLength> fixed = boolean : false \S non-Space characters
gDay ? ? ? ? ? ? ? \p{N} all Numbers
value = anySimpleType> \i initial XML name characters (let-
<pattern id = ID gMonth ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ter _ ;)
\p{P} all Punctuation
Content: (annotation?)
value = anySimpleType gMonthDay ? ? ? ? ? ? ? \p{Z} all Separators
</minInclusive> \I not initial XML name characters
Content: (annotation?) </pattern> gYear ? ? ? ? ? ? ? \p{S} all Symbols
\c XML NameChar characters
<totalDigits id = ID
<enumeration id = ID gYearMonth ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
\C not XML NameChar characters
\p{C} all Others. Additional modifying
fixed = boolean : false
value = anySimpleType > hexBinary ? ? ? ? ? ? values like Lu = uppercase,
value = positiveInteger > \d decimal digits Ll = lowercase, Nd = decimal
Content: (annotation?) ID ? ? ? ? ? ?
Content: (annotation?) \D not decimal digits digit, Sm = math symbols,
</enumeration> IDREF ? ? ? ? ? ?
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</totalDigits> \w XML Letter or Digit characters
? ? ? ? ?
<whiteSpace id = ID IDREFS \P{} not the block or category,
fixed = boolean : false <fractionDigits id = ID int ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? \P{IsGreek} = not Greek block
value = (collapse | preserve | replace)> fixed = boolean : false integer ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Content: (annotation?) value = nonNegativeInteger > language ? ? ? ? ? ? Character References

</whiteSpace> Content: (annotation?) &#x4E; or &#99; for hex or decimal XML character references
long ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
</fractionDigits>
? ? ? ? ? ?
<maxInclusive id = ID Name Repetition Operators
fixed = boolean : false NCName ? ? ? ? ? ?
* = 0 or more, ? 0 or 1, + 1 or more
value = anySimpleType> negativeInteger ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Content: (annotation?) NMTOKEN ? ? ? ? ? ? Interval Operators

</maxInclusive> ? ? ? ? ?
{x,y} range x to y, {x,} at least x, {x} exactly x, i.e. {4,8} 4 to 8
NMTOKENS
nonNegativeInteger ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Range Expressions
nonPositiveInteger ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [a-zA-Z] = character a to z upper and lower case
normalizedString ? ? ? ? ? ? [0-9] = digits 0 to 9
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short ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

string ? ? ? ? ? ?
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time ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
base64Binary ? ? ? ? ? ?
token ? ? ? ? ? ?
boolean ? ?
unsignedByte ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
byte ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
unsignedInt ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ©2001 D Vint Productions
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