Reputation: 137
Im trying to write a schema for an element that can be in 1 of 2 formats. here is the XML example
XML
<root>
<ElementName> <!--if value starts with "A"-->
<SubElementName1\>
<SubElementName2\>
<SubElementName3\>
<ElementName\>
<!--Only one of these structures exist per document-->
<ElementName><!--value starts with "B"-->
<SubElementName4\>
<SubElementName5\>
<SubElementName6\>
<SubElementName7\>
<SubElementName8\>
<SubElementName9\>
<ElementName\>
XSD
<xsd:choice>
<xsd:element name="ElementName">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName1"/>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName2"/>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName3"/>/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:choice>
<xsd:choice>
<xsd:element name="ElementName">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName4"/>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName5"/>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName6"/>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName7"/>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName8"/>
<xsd:element name="SubElementName9"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:choice>
Ive tried using in various ways but cant seem to get it to validate. The error message I get is this
cos-element-consistent: Error for type '#AnonType_Root'. Multiple elements with name 'ElementName', with different types, appear in the model group.
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