Name

xs:group

Synopsis

<xs:group
  name = "NCName"
  ref  = "NCName"
  minOccurs = "nonNegativeInteger"
  maxOccurs = "nonNegativeInteger | unbounded">
  <!-- ( xs:annotation?, (xs:all | xs:choice | xs:sequence) ) -->
</xs:group>

The xs:group element can be used in two ways. As a top-level element with a name attribute, it defines a model group that can be referenced from complex types elsewhere in the schema. The content model of the group is established by a child xs:all, xs:choice, or xs:sequence element.

The second use is inside an xs:complexType element. Here, the xs:group element indicates that the contents of the group should appear at this point in the instance document at least as many times as indicated by the minOccurs attribute and at most as many times as indicated by the maxOccurs attribute. The default for both of these is 1. The group to be included is indicated by the ref attribute that contains the name of a top-level xs:group element found elsewhere in the schema.