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Reuse data type defined in another xml schema file


File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<library>
  <DVD id="1">
    <title>title 1</title>
    <format>Movie</format>
    <genre>Classic</genre>
  </DVD>
  <DVD id="2">
    <title>Contact</title>
    <format>Movie</format>
    <genre>Science fiction</genre>
  </DVD>
</library>


File: Schema.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:include schemaLocation="customDataType.xsd"/>
  <xs:element name="library">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="DVD" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="title" type="xs:string"/>
              <xs:element name="format" type="xs:string"/>
              <xs:element name="genre" type="xs:string"/>
            </xs:sequence>
            <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

File: customDataType.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:simpleType name="YesNoType">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
      <xs:enumeration value="no"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="yes"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
</xs:schema>








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