Re: One of more elements required

At 2008-10-24 19:43 +0200, Age Bosma wrote:

>Thank you for the reply, sorry for the response delay.
>
>On 23/10/2008, Stan Kitsis <Stan.Kitsis@microsoft.com> wrote:
> > If I understand your requirements right, you want
> >
> >   <xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
> >      <xsd:element name="platform" type="platformType"/>
> >      <xsd:element name="device" type="deviceType"/>
> >   </xsd:choice>
> >
>
>I don't understand. Doesn't the choice limit me to only use one of the
>two elements in the parent element?

Yes, but because of the maxOccurs="unbounded" you get to make that 
choice as many times as you want.

>I'd like to use both (multiple
>times if required) but at least one of the elements should be present.

With the minOccurs="1" you are obliged to make the choice at least once.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . Ken

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