Name

xs:minLength

Synopsis

<xs:minLength
  fixed = "( true | false )"
  id = "ID"
  value = "nonNegativeInteger" >
  <!-- (xs:annotation?) -->
</xs:minLength>

The xs:minLength facet element specifies the minimum number of characters in a type derived from xs:string, xs:QName, xs:anyURI, or xs:NOTATION. It can also be used to restrict xs:hexBinary and xs:base64Binary. However, in this case, it refers to the minimum number of bytes in the decoded data, rather than the minimum number of characters in the encoded data. Finally, when applied to a list type, such as xs:IDREFS, it describes the minimum number of items in the list. If the fixed attribute has the value true, then types derived from this type are not allowed to override the value of minLength given here.