xsd:Name

The type xsd:Name represents an XML name, which can be used as an element-type name or attribute name, among other things. Specifically, this means that values must start with a letter, underscore(_), or colon (:), and may contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), colons (:), hyphens (-), and periods (.). Colons should only be used to separate namespace prefixes from local names.

Simple Type Information

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

Schema Document: datatypes.xsd

Content

Based on xsd:token
Pattern: \i\c*
White Space: collapse (Defined in type xsd:token)

Examples

Valid values	Comment
`myElement`
`_my.Element`
`my-element`
`pre:myelement3`	this is recommended only if `pre` is a namespace prefix; otherwise, colons should not be used
Invalid values	Comment
`-myelement`	a `Name` must not start with a hyphen
`3rdElement`	a `Name` must not start with a number
	an empty value is not valid, unless `xsi:nil` is used

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:ID
        restricted by xsd:IDREF
        used in list xsd:IDREFS
        restricted by xsd:ENTITY
        used in list xsd:ENTITIES