XML Schema

Name

xs:Name — XML 1.O names.

Derived from:

xs:token

Primary:

xs:string

Known subtypes:

xs:NCName

Facets:

xs:enumeration, xs:length, xs:maxLength, xs:minLength, xs:pattern, xs:whiteSpace

<xs:simpleType name="Name" id="Name">
  <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
    <xs:pattern value="\i\c*"/>
  </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>

Description

The lexical and value spaces of xs:Name are the tokens (NMTOKEN) that conform to the definition of a name in XML 1.0.

Restrictions

Following XML 1.0, those names may contain colons (“:”), but no special meaning is attached to these characters. Another datatype (xs:QName) should be used for qualified names when they use namespaces prefixes.

Example

Valid values include "Snoopy", "CMS", or "_1950-10-04_10:00".

Invalid values include "0836217462" (a xs:Name cannot start with a number) or "bold,brash" (commas are forbidden).