
Example: Purchase Order Schema
The following example shows a schema, po.xsd, that defines a purchase order. This example shows the use of element, and attribute declarations. This example also shows simpleType and complexType definitions.
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/po.xsd"
xmlns="http://tempuri.org/po.xsd" elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation xml:lang="en">
Purchase order schema for Example.com.
Copyright 2000 Example.com. All rights reserved.
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:element name="purchaseOrder" type="PurchaseOrderType"/>
<xs:element name="comment" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:complexType name="PurchaseOrderType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="shipTo" type="USAddress"/>
<xs:element name="billTo" type="USAddress"/>
<xs:element ref="comment" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="items" type="Items"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="orderDate" type="xs:date"/>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="USAddress">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
Purchase order schema for Example.Microsoft.com.
Copyright 2001 Example.Microsoft.com. All rights reserved.
</xs:documentation>
<xs:appinfo>
Application info.
</xs:appinfo>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="name" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="street" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="city" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="state" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="zip" type="xs:decimal"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="country" type="xs:NMTOKEN"
fixed="US"/>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="Items">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="productName" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="quantity">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:positiveInteger">
<xs:maxExclusive value="100"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="USPrice" type="xs:decimal"/>
<xs:element ref="comment" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="shipDate" type="xs:date" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="partNum" type="SKU" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<!-- Stock Keeping Unit, a code for identifying products -->
<xs:simpleType name="SKU">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:pattern value="\d{3}-[A-Z]{2}"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:schema>