XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition

Name

rng:empty — Specifies that the content of an element is empty

XML syntax example

<element name="photo">
 <attribute name="source"/>
 <empty/>
</element>

Compact syntax example

element photo { attribute source { text }, empty }

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 empty pattern specifies empty content for an element. In RELAX NG, an element is considered empty if it contains whitespace only.

See also

§3, §10.1, element