xsd:ENTITIES

The type xsd:ENTITIES represents a list of ENTITY values separated by whitespace. There must be at least one ENTITY in the list. Each of the ENTITY values must match the name of an unparsed entity that has been declared in a document type definition (DTD) for the instance.

Simple Type Information

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema

Schema Document: datatypes.xsd

Content

Based on xsd:ENTITY
Minimum Length: 1
White Space: collapse

Examples

The example shows the declaration of an attribute named location that is of type xsd:ENTITIES. In the instance, the location attribute can include a list of entity names. Each value (in this case there are two: prod557a and prod557b) matches the name of an entity that is declared in the internal DTD subset for the instance.

Schema:

<xs:element name="pictures">
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:attribute name="location" type="xs:ENTITIES"/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Instance:

<!DOCTYPE catalog SYSTEM "catalog.dtd" [
<!NOTATION jpeg SYSTEM "JPG">
<!ENTITY prod557a SYSTEM "prod557a.jpg" NDATA jpeg>
<!ENTITY prod557b SYSTEM "prod557b.jpg" NDATA jpeg>
]>

<catalog>
  <product>
    <number>557</number>
    <pictures location="prod557a prod557b"/>
  </product>
</catalog>

Type Inheritance Chain

xsd:anySimpleType
- restricted by xsd:string
  - restricted by xsd:normalizedString
    - restricted by xsd:token
      - restricted by xsd:Name
        restricted by xsd:NCName
        restricted by xsd:ENTITY
        used in list xsd:ENTITIES