Hello,

My xml scheme contains an element that has no attributes and takes on string values as shown below.

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<xs:element name="start" type=xs:string"></element>
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My xml file looks like this,

<start>
Hello, notice that this text contains <b>html</b>
</start>

Notice that the value contains html. Validating this xml against my schema returns an error saying that "<b> is not a child element of <start>".

Is there a way to define the data type 'xs:string' to take on html text literally and not treat it as elements of the schema?

Please advise,

Bobby

since you don't really have any restriction on the string you could use <xs:any> inside of start.

Or put the contents in a cdata section, otherwise you must escape the characters.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

<xs:element name="start" type="xs:string"></element>
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try thiz:)