XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition

Name

rng:start

Specifies a pattern within a grammar that must be matched in order to match the whole grammar element

XML syntax example

<grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0">

<start>
 <element name="date">
  <ref name="date"/>
 </element>
</start>

<define name="date">
 <interleave>
  <element name="month">
   <text/>
  </element>
  <element name="day">
   <text/>
  </element>
  <element name="year">
   <text/>
  </element>
 </interleave>
</define>

</grammar>

Compact syntax example

start = element date { date }
date = element month { text }
 & element day { text }
 & element year { text }

Attributes

combine (|= for choice, &= for interleave)

Used when grammars are included with include. Valid values are choice or interleave. choice means multiple start elements are selected as one of a choice; interleave means multiple start elements are interleaved.

Parents

div, grammar, include

Description

The start element specifies the pattern that must be matched in order for the grammar pattern that contains it to match. If the grammar pattern is the document element of the RELAX NG schema, then the start element specifies the document element of the instance being validated.

See also

§4, §9, grammar, include