Maps to UML Attribute or UML AssociationEnd with stereotype XSDelement.

  • annotation – to UML Attribute or UML AssociationEnd documentation.
  • default - to initial UML Attribute or UML AssociationEnd value.
  • maxOccurs - to multiplicity upper range. Value unbounded maps to asterisk in UML.
  • minOccurs – to multiplicity lower range.
  • name – to UML Attribute or UML AssociationEnd name.
  • type or content (simpleType | complexType) – to UML Attribute or UML AssociationEnd type.

Other properties maps to corresponding tagged values.

XML representation summary as element Element Information Item
<element
	abstract = boolean : false
	block = (#all | List of (extension | restriction | substitution))
	default = string 
	final = (#all | List of (extension | restriction))
	fixed = string
	form = (qualified | unqualified) id = ID
	maxOccurs = (nonNegativeInteger | unbounded) : 1
	minOccurs = nonNegativeInteger : 1
	name = NCName 
	nillable = boolean : false
 	ref = oName
	substitutionGroup = Oname  type = OName
	{any attributes with non-schema namespace…}>
	Content: (annotation?, ((simpleType | complexType)?, (unique | key | keyr
</element>

ref value is generated from ref or refString TaggedValue. One of ref or name must be present, but not both.

If ref is present, then all of <complexType>, <simpleType>, <key>, <keyref>, <unique>, nillable, default, fixed, form, block and type must be absent, i.e. only minOccurs, maxOccurs, and id are allowed in addition to ref, along with <annotation>.

XML representation summary as element Element Information Item (Continued)
<xs:element name = "PurchaseOrder" type = "PurchaseOrderType"/>

<xs:element name = "gift"›
	<xs:complexType>
		<xs:sequence>
			<xs:element name = "birthday" type = "xs:date"/>
			<xs:element ref = "PurchaseOrder"/>

	</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
Example of element UML Model.
XML representation summary as element Element Information Item (Continued)
<xs:schema xmlns:nm = "http://nomagic.com" xmlns:xs =
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace = "http://nomagic.com" >
	<xs:element name = "name" type = "xs:string" default = "minde" id = "elementID" 
abstract = "true" block = "extension" final = "restriction" fixed = "fixedValue" form = 
"qualified" nillable = "true" substitutionGroup = "nm:count" >
		<xs:annotation >
			<xs:documentation >element name documentation</xs:documentation> 
		</xs:annotation>
	</xs:element>
	<xs:element name = "count" >
		<xs:annotation >
			<xs:documentation >element count documentation</xs:documentation>
		</xs:annotation>
		<xs:simpleType>
			<xs:restriction base = "xs:number" />
		</xs:simpleType> 
	</xs:element>
	<xs:element name = "hour" type = "xs:integer" />
	<xs:element name = "minute" type = "xs:integer" substitutionGroup "nm:count" />
	<xs:element name = "surname" type = "xs:string" minOccurs "1" maxOccurs = "unbounded" />
	<xs:complexType name = "some_type" >
		<xs:all >
			<xs:element ref = "nm:hour" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "1" >
				<xs:annotation >
					<xs:documentation >hour ref documentation</xs:documentation>
				</xs:annotation>
			</xs:element>
			<xs:element ref = "nm:minute" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs  "1" />
		</xs:all>
	</xs:complexType>