The list Element

Definition and Usage

The list element defines a simple type element as a list of values of a specified data type.

Element Information

• Parent elements: simpleType

Syntax

<list
id=ID 
itemType=QName 
any attributes
>

(annotation?,(simpleType?))

</list>

(The ? sign declares that the element can occur zero or one time inside the list element)

Example 1

The following example shows a simple type that is a list of integers:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<xs:element name="intvalues" type="valuelist">

<xs:simpleType name="valuelist">
  <xs:list itemType="xs:integer"/>
</xs:simpleType>

</xs:schema>

<intvalues>100 34 56 -23 1567</intvalues>

Note: White space is treated as the list item separator!

Example 2

The following example shows a simple type that is a list of strings:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<xs:element name="stringvalues" type="valuelist">

<xs:simpleType name="valuelist">
  <xs:list itemType="xs:string"/>
</xs:simpleType>

</xs:schema>

<stringvalues>I love XML Schema</stringvalues>

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