1. integer 7 XML Types
Integer or whole numbers - Sign omitted, quot;+quot; is assumed. Example: -1, 0,
12678967543233, +100000.
Name XML Names
long 9223372036854775807 to -9223372036854775808. Sign omitted, quot;+quot;
NCName XML quot;non-colonizedquot; Names.
assumed.
XML Schema - Data Types Example: -1, 0, 12678967543233, +100000. NOTATION NOTATION type
negativeInteger Infinite set {...,-2,-1}. QName XML qualified names
Quick Reference Example: -1, -12678967543233, -100000. Following attribute types should only be used in attribute
declaration for compatiblity reasons:
nonNegativeInteger Infinite set {0, 1, 2, ...}. Sign omitted, quot;+quot; assumed, leading
zeroes are prohibited. ENTITIES ENTITIES attribute type
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Example: 1, 0, 12678967543233, +100000.
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ENTITY ENTITY attribute type
http://www.xml.dvint.com nonPositiveInteger Infinite set {...,-2,-1,0}. Example: -1, 0, -126733, -100000.
ID ID attribute type
positiveInteger Infinite set {1, 2, ...}. Optional quot;+quot; sign, leading zeroes are pro-
IDREF IDREF attribute type
hibited. Example: 1, 12678967543233, +100000.
1 Namespaces
IDREFS
• http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema IDREFS attribute type
short 32767 to -32768. Sign omitted, quot;+quot; assumed.
• http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes Example: -1, 0, 12678, +10000. NMTOKEN NMTOKEN attribute type
2 Logic Types unsignedByte 0 to 255. a finite-length leading zeroes prohibited. NMTOKENS NMTOKENS attribute type
Example: 0, 126, 100.
boolean binary-valued logic legal literals {true, false, 1, 0}
8 S im p l e D a t a T y p e D e c l a r a t i o n
unsignedInt 0 to 4294967295 leading zeroes are prohibited. Example: 0,
3 B inary Data Types <simpleType id = ID
1267896754, 100000.
final = (#all | (list | union | restriction))
base64Binary Base64-encoded arbitrary binary data. unsignedLong 0 to 18446744073709551615.
name = NCName>
Example: 0, 12678967543233, 100000.
hexBinary Arbitrary hex-encoded binary data. Example, quot;0FB7quot; is a hex encoding
Content: ( annotation ?, ( restriction | list | union )) </simpleType>
for 16-bit int 4023 (binary 111110110111). unsignedShort 0 to 65535 leading zeroes are prohibited.
<restriction id = ID
Example: 0, 12678, 10000.
4 Text types
base = QName>
6 Date Time Types
Content: ( annotation ?, ( simpleType ?, ( minExclusive | minInclusive |
anyURI A Uniform Resource Identifier Reference (URI). Can be absolute or rela-
tive, and may have an optional fragment identifier maxExclusive | maxInclusive | totalDigits | fractionDigits | length | minLength |
date Calendar date. Example, May the 31st, 1999 is: 1999-05-31.
maxLength | enumeration | whiteSpace | pattern )*)) </restriction>
language natural language identifiers [RFC 1766] Example: en, fr dateTime Specific instant of time. ISO 8601 extended format CCYY-MM-
<list id = ID
DDThh:mm:ss. Example, to indicate 1:20 pm on May the 31st, 1999 for Eastern
normalizedString White space normalized strings
Standard Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): 1999-05-
itemType = QName>
string Character strings in XML 31T13:20:00-05:00.
Content: ( annotation ?, ( simpleType ?)) </list>
token Tokenized strings. duration <union id = ID
A duration of time. ISO 8601 extended format
PnYn MnDTnH nMn S. Example, to indicate duration of 1 year, 2 months, 3 days, 10
memberTypes = List of QName>
5 Number Types hours, and 30 minutes: P1Y2M3DT10H30M. One could also indicate a duration of
Content: ( annotation ?, ( simpleType *)) </union>
minus 120 days as: -P120D.
byte 127 to-128. Sign is omitted, quot;+quot; assumed.
Example: -1, 0, 126, +100. gDay Gregorian day, a day such as the 5th of the month.
decimal Arbitrary precision decimal numbers. Sign omitted, quot;+quot; is assumed. Lead- gMonth Gregorian month. Example: May is 05.
ing and trailing zeroes are optional. If the fractional part is zero, the period and fol-
gMonthDay Gregorian specific day in a month.
lowing zero(es) can be omitted.
Example: Feb 5 is 02-05.
double Double-precision 64-bit floating point type - legal literals {0, -0, INF, -INF
gYear Gregorian calendar year. Example, year 1999, write: 1999.
and NaN} Example, -1E4, 12.78e-2, 12 and INF
gYearMonth Specific gregorian month and year.
float 32-bit floating point type - legal literals {0, -0, INF, -INF and NaN} Example, - ©2001 D Vint Productions
Example, May 1999, write: 1999-05.
1E4, 1267.43233E12, 12.78e-2, 12 and INF xmlhelp@ dvint.com
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An instant of time that recurs every day. Example, 1:20 pm for Eastern Stan-
int 2147483647 to -2147483648. an optional sign followed by a finite-length
dard Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), write:
sequence of decimal digits (#x30-#x39). If the sign is omitted, quot;+quot; is assumed. Exam-
13:20:00-05:00.
ple: -1, 0, 126789675, +100000.

2. Constraining Facets 9 Regular Expressions for Patterns
<length id = ID <maxExclusive id = ID
fra ctio n D ig its
m ax In clu siv e
m a x E c lu s iv e
m in E xc lus iv e
e n u m e ra tio n
m in In c lu s iv e
w h ite S p a c e
S p e c i a l C h a r a c t e r s n e e d i n g t o b e e s c a p e d w i t h a ‘’
fixed = boolean : false fixed = boolean : false
m in L en g th
m a x L e ng th
to talD ig its
|.-^?*+{}()[]
value = nonNegativeInteger > value = anySimpleType> Data Type
p a tte rn
le n g th
Content: (annotation?) </length> Content: (annotation?) Special Character Sequences
</maxExclusive> n W
newline not XML Letter or Digit charac-
<minLength id = ID
ters
fixed = boolean : false <minExclusive id = ID r return
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
decimal
p{IsBasicLatin} block escape
value = nonNegativeInteger > fixed = boolean : false t tab
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
double identifying ASCII characters, sim-
Content: (annotation?) </minLength> value = anySimpleType> . (dot) all characters except newline
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ilar IsGreek, IsHebrew, IsThai for
duration
Content: (annotation?) and return
<maxLength id = ID these ranges of Unicode blocks
? ? ? ? ?
ENTITIES
</minExclusive> s space characters (space, tab,
fixed = boolean : false p{L} all Letters
? ? ? ? ? ?
ENTITY
newline, return)
value = nonNegativeInteger > <minInclusive id = ID p{M} all Marks
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
float
S non-Space characters
Content: (annotation?) </maxLength> fixed = boolean : false p{N} all Numbers
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
gDay
value = anySimpleType> i initial XML name characters (let-
<pattern id = ID p{P} all Punctuation
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
gMonth ter _ ;)
Content: (annotation?)
value = anySimpleType p{Z} all Separators
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
gMonthDay
</minInclusive> I not initial XML name characters
Content: (annotation?) </pattern> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? p{S} all Symbols
gYear
c XML NameChar characters
<totalDigits id = ID
<enumeration id = ID ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
gYearMonth p{C} all Others. Additional modifying
C not XML NameChar characters
fixed = boolean : false
value = anySimpleType > values like Lu = uppercase,
? ? ? ? ? ?
hexBinary
value = positiveInteger > d decimal digits Ll = lowercase, Nd = decimal
Content: (annotation?) ? ? ? ? ? ?
ID
Content: (annotation?) digit, Sm = math symbols,
D not decimal digits
</enumeration> ? ? ? ? ? ?
IDREF Sc = currency
</totalDigits> w XML Letter or Digit characters
? ? ? ? ?
<whiteSpace id = ID IDREFS P{} not the block or category,
<fractionDigits id = ID
fixed = boolean : false ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
int P{IsGreek} = not Greek block
fixed = boolean : false
value = (collapse | preserve | replace)> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
integer
value = nonNegativeInteger >
Content: (annotation?) Character References
? ? ? ? ? ?
language
Content: (annotation?)
</whiteSpace> &#x4E; or &#99; for hex or decimal XML character references
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
long
</fractionDigits>
? ? ? ? ? ?
<maxInclusive id = ID Name Repetition Operators
fixed = boolean : false ? ? ? ? ? ?
* = 0 or more, ? 0 or 1, + 1 or more
NCName
value = anySimpleType> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
negativeInteger
Content: (annotation?) Interval Operators
? ? ? ? ? ?
NMTOKEN
{x,y} range x to y, {x,} at least x, {x} exactly x, i.e. {4,8} 4 to 8
</maxInclusive> ? ? ? ? ?
NMTOKENS
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
nonNegativeInteger Range Expressions
[a-zA-Z] = character a to z upper and lower case
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
nonPositiveInteger
[0-9] = digits 0 to 9
? ? ? ? ? ?
normalizedString
fra c tio n D ig its
m a x In c lu s iv e
m a xE c lu siv e
m in E x c lu s iv e
e n u m e ra tio n
m in In c lus iv e
w h ite S p a c e
? ? ? ? ? ?
NOTATION
m in L e n g th
m a xL e n g th
to ta lD ig its
Data Type ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
positiveInteger
pa tte rn
le n gth
? ? ? ? ? ?
QName
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
short
? ? ? ? ? ?
string
? ? ? ? ? ?
anyURI
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
time
? ? ? ? ? ?
base64Binary
? ? ? ? ? ?
token
? ?
boolean
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
unsignedByte
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
byte
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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
unsignedInt
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
date
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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
unsignedLong
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
dateTime
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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
unsignedShort