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MSXML 5.0 SDK

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - XML Schemas

all

Allows the elements in the group to appear (or not appear) in any order in the containing element.

<all
  id = ID 
  maxOccurs= 1: 1 
  minOccurs= (0 | 1): 1 
  {any attributes with non-schema Namespace…}>
Content: (annotation?, element*)
</all>

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.

maxOccurs
The maximum number of times the element can occur. The value must be 1.

Optional.

minOccurs
The minimum number of times the element can occur. The value can be an integer equal to 1. To specify that this element is optional, set this attribute to zero. Default value is 1.

Optional.

Element Information

Example

The following example defines a complex data type containing an all element with three elements.

<xs:element name="thing1" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="thing2" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="thing3" type="xs:string"/>

<xs:attribute name="myAttribute" type="xs:decimal"/>

<xs:complexType name="myComplexType">
 <xs:all>
  <xs:element ref="thing1"/>
  <xs:element ref="thing2"/>
  <xs:element ref="thing3"/>
 </xs:all>
 <xs:attribute ref="myAttribute"/>
</xs:complexType>

See Also

XML Schema Reference (XSD) | XML Schema Elements

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