XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition

Name

xs:attribute

Attributes

default

A value for the attribute that should be reported in cases where instance documents don’t explicitly include the attribute. (An xs:attribute element may have either a default attribute or a fixed attribute, but not both.)

fixed

A value for the attribute that cannot be changed. Documents may not provide a different value for the attribute, and this value is provided if the documents don’t explicitly include the attribute. (An xs:attribute element may have either a default attribute or a fixed attribute, but not both.)

form

Takes the values qualified and unqualified. If qualified, the attribute must be used—with a prefix—in the schema’s target namespace. If unqualified, the attribute must be used without a namespace. (form provides an opportunity to override the attributeFormDefault attribute of the xs:schema element.) This only works on local attribute declarations.

name

The local name of the attribute. Note that this is not the qualified name; the namespace for the attribute is determined by the value of the form attribute if name is used. (An xs:attribute element may have either a name attribute or a ref attribute, but not both. An xs:attribute element that uses name must also provide a type attribute to complete the definition of the attribute; otherwise, it defaults to xs:anySimpleType.)

ref

The namespace-qualified name of the attribute to be included by reference to a declaration at the top level of the schema. (An xs:attribute element may have either ...