State Complex Type (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

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12/06/2010

Defines the value attribute and FIELDS child element for the STATE element, which defines a valid state for a work item type.

<xs:complexType name="State">
    <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="FIELDS" type="FieldReferences" minOccurs="0"/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attribute name="value" type="typelib:NonEmptyPlainConstant" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
value	Required attribute. The workflow state of the work item (for example, Active). The attribute type is typelib:NonEmptyPlainConstant. Minimum length: 1; maximum length: 255. Pattern value: ^[^\\]*$ Pattern value example: Active

value

Required attribute.

The workflow state of the work item (for example, Active). The attribute type is typelib:NonEmptyPlainConstant. Minimum length: 1; maximum length: 255.

Pattern value: ^[^\\]*$

Pattern value example: Active

Child Elements

Element	Description
FIELDS Element (WORKFLOW)	Optional element. Defines a collection of FIELD elements that reference the field definitions that are contained in the work item type.

FIELDS Element (WORKFLOW)

Optional element.

Defines a collection of FIELD elements that reference the field definitions that are contained in the work item type.

Parent Elements

None

Remarks

The State Complex Type is the STATE Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema) type.

Element Information

Namespace	https://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/workitemtracking/typedef
Schema Name	Work Item Type Definition
Validation File	WorkItemTypeDefinition.xsd
Can be Empty	Not applicable