XML Schema Complete Reference, The

8.1. An Example of a Trivial Element Type

The most basic element type is one that associates an element name with a built-in datatype. The following element demonstrates the XML representation of city, which associates the name ‘city’ with the built-in token datatype:

<xsd:element name="city" type="xsd:string"/> 

The value of a city element, which is an instance of the city element type, is a string of any length. Of course, this string is constrained by the constraining facets that specify token (Chapter 12 discusses all of the built-in datatypes—including token). Given the preceding element type, the following element is valid in an XML instance:

<city>New York</city> 

Tip

The city element type example can—and probably should—cover a large ...