<xsd:notation> Element

Contains the definition of a notation to describe the format of non-XML data within an XML document. An XML Schema notation declaration is a reconstruction of XML 1.0 NOTATION declarations.

<notation
  id = ID
  name = NCName 
  public = Public identifier per ISO 8879
  system = anyURI
  {any attributes with non-schema Namespace}...>
Content: (annotation?)
</notation>

Attributes

• id
  The ID of this element. The id value must be of type ID and be unique within the document containing this element.

  Optional.

• name
  The name of the notation element. The name must be a no-colon-name (NCName) as defined in the XML Namespaces specification.

  The name must be unique within a schema.

  Required.

• public
  A URI reference corresponding to the public identifier. The identifier in the document prolog that gives the name of a DTD or external entity.

  Required.

• system
  A URI reference corresponding to the system identifier. A local, system-dependent identifier for a document, DTD, or external entity. The name must be a URI.

  Optional.

Element Information

Number of occurrences	Unlimited
Parent elements	schema
Contents	annotation

Example

The following example shows a jpeg notation using a viewer application, viewer.exe.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xs:notation name="jpeg" public="image/jpeg" system="viewer.exe" />
</xs:schema>

Other Resources

For more information see the W3C XML Schema Part 1: Structures Recommendation at www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/\#element-all.

See Also

Reference

XML Schemas (XSD) Reference
XML Schema Elements