xsd:NMTOKEN

The type xsd:NMTOKEN represents a single string token. xsd:NMTOKEN values may consist of letters, digits, periods (.), hyphens (-), underscores (_), and colons (:). They may start with any of these characters. xsd:NMTOKEN has a whiteSpace facet value of collapse, so any leading or trailing whitespace will be removed. However, no whitespace may appear within the value itself.

Simple Type Information

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

Schema Document: datatypes.xsd

Content

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

Examples

Valid values	Comment
`ABCD`
`123_456`
`starts_with_a_space`	when parsed, leading spaces will be removed
Invalid values	Comment
`contains a space`	value must not contain a space
	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:NMTOKEN
        used in list xsd:NMTOKENS