xsd:normalizedString

The type xsd:normalizedString represents a character string that may contain any Unicode character allowed by XML. Certain characters, namely the "less than" symbol (<) and the ampersand (&), must be escaped (using the entities < and &, respectively) when used in strings in XML instances.

The xsd:normalizedString type has a whiteSpace facet of replace, which means that the processor replaces each carriage return, line feed, and tab by a single space. This processing is equivalent to the processing of CDATA attribute values in XML 1.0. There is no collapsing of multiple consecutive spaces into a single space.

Simple Type Information

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

Schema Document: datatypes.xsd

Content

Based on xsd:string
White Space: replace

Examples

Valid values	Comment
`This is a string!`
`Édition française.`
`12.5`
	an empty string is valid
`PB&J`	when parsed, it will become "PB&J"
`Separated by 3 spaces.`	when parsed, the spaces will be retained
`This is on two lines.`	when parsed, the line break will be replaced by a space
Invalid values	Comment
`AT&T`	ampersand must be escaped
`3 < 4`	the "less than" symbol must be escaped

Type Inheritance Chain

xsd:anySimpleType
- restricted by xsd:string
  - restricted by xsd:normalizedString
    - restricted by xsd:token
      - restricted by xsd:language
      - restricted by xsd:NMTOKEN
        used in list xsd:NMTOKENS
      - 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