Descriptions

The XML elements are described in the following generic format:

<namespace:element

	attribute=

	attribute=

	…

>

	<namespace:subelement/>

	<namespace:subelement/>

	…

</namespace:element>

The following notation is used to indicate how often subelements occur:

Notation	Description	At least	At most
(…)?	Element is optional.	0	1
(…)+	Element occurs at least once.	1	-
(…)*	Element can repeat more than once.	0	-
(…|…)	Select one element	N/A	N/A

Example

<x:test

	req=

	( opt= )?

>

	<y:something/>

	( <y:else/> )*

</x:text>

defines an element x:text which has a required attribute req= and an optional attribute opt=. It always contains an subelement <y:something> and zero, one or more <y:else> elements.