Hi Michael,

I hope this is the right forum for this question.

I have tried your suggestion but it still doesnt work. When I use <xs:choice> in place of <xs:sequence>, the validator seems to be expecting only one type of child element within the parent. There doesnt seem to be way to 'scheme' this instance of XML document. Am I correct in saying that? May be I need another stylesheet to re-order them so that i can the <xs:sequence>.

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Is it possible to a create a schema that allows an xml document to have repeating child nodes of a parent to be appearing in any order? For example, the following is a sample of my xml document.

<parent>
  <child1>A</child1>
  <child1>B</child1>
  <child2>C</child2>
  <child1>D</child1>
  <child3>E</child3>
  <child3>F</child3>
  <child2>G</child2>
</parent>

With my current schema as shown, the xml document obviouslt doesnt conforms to the schema. How can I change my schema document so that it will allow for any order and with the possiblity that the different child elements to be repeating?

<xs:element name="parent">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element ref="child1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                <xs:element ref="child2" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                <xs:element ref="child3" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

thanks

<xs:element name="parent">
    <xs:complexType>
        <xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xs:element ref="child1"/>
            <xs:element ref="child2"/>
            <xs:element ref="child3"/>
        </xs:choice>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Regards,
George

George Cristian Bina
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