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If you want to allow attributes then the element has complex type e.g.
<xs:element name="ClaimNumber">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleContent>
<xs:extension base="xs:string">
<xs:attribute name="mycustomproperty" type="xs:string" />
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>


You could now have e.g.
<ClaimNumber mycustomproperty="Kibo">Xibo</ClaimNumber>
in your XML instance document.


I hope this is what you are looking for, not sure whether you want the
above or whether you want to define additional attributes on schema
elements itself.


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Martin Honnen --- MVP XML

How does one define additional attributes for elements in an XSD?

So, I'd like something like this:

....
<xs:element name="ClaimNumber" type="xs:string"
mycustomproperty="xs:string"/>
....

Ideally, I'd like Visual Studio (2005) to allow the entry of these
"additional properties" while designing it.

Any ideas?

Kind regards,

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Hi Martin!

Thanks for responding. The above is not what I am looking for ...


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.... it's the latter: looking for ways to define additional attributes
on the schema elements itself. :)

So, if a new schema is being created, I'd like the user to have the
opportunity to enter values in the schema for "mycustomproperty". (Not
in the XML file, but in the schema.)

Hi Abdullah,

You can do it in VS. Here's an example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<xs:schema targetNamespace="myNS"

elementFormDefault="qualified"

xmlns="myNS"

xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

xmlns:vs
="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Visual-Studio-Intellisense">

<xs:element name="foo" vs:help="help"/>

</xs:schema>


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Microsoft Corporation

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Thanks Stan! Exactly what I needed.

So, I can create my own namespace definition file with all the relevant
attributes, but one last (minor) question:

Is there any way for Visual Studio to allow entering of these
"properties" in "Designer view"? The intellisense works when viewing
the code, but no additional properties are visible besides the usual.

Any ideas?

I don't think the design view surfaces visual support for this.

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Microsoft Corporation

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