The sequence element specifies that the child elements must appear in a sequence. Each child element can occur from 0 to any number of times.
(The ? sign declares that the element can occur zero or one time inside the sequence element)
Attribute | Description |
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id | Optional. Specifies a unique ID for the element |
maxOccurs | Optional. Specifies the maximum number of times the sequence element can occur in the parent element. The value can be any number >= 0, or if you want to set no limit on the maximum number, use the value "unbounded". Default value is 1 |
minOccurs | Optional. Specifies the minimum number of times the sequence element can occur in the parent element. The value can be any number >= 0. Default value is 1 |
any attributes | Optional. Specifies any other attributes with non-schema namespace |
This example shows a declaration for an element called "personinfo", which must contain the following five elements in order; "firstname", "lastname", "address", "city", and "country":
This example shows a declaration for an element called "pets" that can have zero or more of the following elements, dog and cat, in the sequence element: