2.3.1.8 group

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The group element is an anonymous construct, used in the context of ElementType elements or another group, that helps to organize child elements; their valid sequences and number of occurrences. For more information about ElementType elements, see section 2.3.1.4. The following XML schema defines the group schema element:

   <xs:element  name='group'>
     <xs:complexType >
       <xs:choice  minOccurs='0'
                   maxOccurs='unbounded'>
         <xs:element  ref='xdr:description'/>
         <xs:element  ref='xdr:element'/>
         <xs:element  ref='xdr:group'/>
         <xs:any  namespace='##other'
                  processContents='skip'/>
       </xs:choice>
       <xs:attribute  ref='xdr:order'/>
       <xs:attributeGroup  ref='xdr:minmax'/>
       <xs:anyAttribute  namespace='##other'/>
     </xs:complexType>
   </xs:element>

description: A description for the group element.

element: One or more element elements that might appear in that group. For more information about element elements, see section 2.3.1.6.

group: A structural construct to control the order and number of the elements listed inside of this group schema element. In other words, group can contain another group (or groups).

order: A schema attribute indicating in which order the elements can appear. Possible values are defined in section 2.3.2.1.

minmax: The number of occurrences in the given context, see section 2.3.3.1.