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Overview of XML Schema

The most central top-level constructs: (Two types or two elements cannot be defined with the same name, but an element declaration and a type definition may use the same name.)


An element in an XML document is valid according to a given schema if the associated element type rules are satisfied.

If all elements are valid, the whole document is called valid. (Unlike DTD, there is no way to require a specific root element.)

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