XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition

Name

rng:zeroOrMore — Matches zero or more occurrences of whatever its children match

XML syntax example

<element name="name">
 <element name="givenname"><text/></element>
 <zeroOrMore>
  <element name="middlename"><text/></element>
 </zeroOrMore>
 <element name="familyname"><text/></element>
</element>

Compact syntax example

element name {
  element givenname { text },
  element middlename { text }*,
  element familyname { text }
}

Parents

attribute, choice (( ) and |), define (name of pattern followed by =), element, except (-), group (( ) and ,), interleave (&), list, mixed, oneOrMore (+), optional (?), start (start followed by =), zeroOrMore (*)

Description

The zeroOrMore pattern matches zero or more occurrences of its children in a schema. In the compact syntax, zeroOrMore is represented by *, as in DTDs. If multiple child patterns are present, they are treated as if they were wrapped by a group pattern.

See also

§1, oneOrMore, optional