XML Schema include elements

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Definition and Usage

include element is used to add multiple schema with the same target namespace to a document.

Element Information

Parent element: schema

grammar

<include
id=ID
schemaLocation=anyURI
any attributes
>

(annotation?)

</include>

(? Sign declares that include element, the element can occur zero or one time.)

属性	描述
id	可选。规定该元素的唯一的 ID。
schemaLocation	必需。规定在包含 schema 的目标命名空间中，要包括的 schema 的 URI。
any attributes	可选。规定带有 non-schema 命名空间的任何其他属性。

Example 1

By being included in the schema, the file must be included in all references to the same target namespace. If the schema target namespace do not match, it will not be effective include:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="http://www.w3cschool.cc/schema">

<xs:include schemaLocation="http://www.w3cschool.cc/schema/customer.xsd"/>
<xs:include schemaLocation="http://www.w3cschool.cc/schema/company.xsd"/>

..

..

..

</xs:schema>