RE: [xml-dev] avoiding duplicates in XML instance

From
Michael Kay <>
To
'dave' <>,
Date
2007-10-30T18:41:53
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RE: [xml-dev] avoiding duplicates in XML instance
Look up xs:unique

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dave [mailto:] 
> Sent: 30 October 2007 18:24
> To: 
> Subject: [xml-dev] avoiding duplicates in XML instance
> 
> 
> In my XML document,
> I have a list of certain Elements at the global level which 
> need to be referenced(each multiple times) like Pointers at 
> various Local Scopes inside the XML instance. How do I design 
> an XSD to satisfy this condition. I know you can use 'ref' 
> inside the XSD but that doesn't seem to serve the purpose. It 
> will create the Duplicate elements. 
> 
> I would like to use a sort of Pointer mechanism to refer to 
> these Global Elements and not duplicate the same Element 
> definition multiple times at various
> Local scopes.   I would like some hints on how to
> design such XSD.
> 
> +D
> 
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