Specifies the data type for the ElementType or AttributeType element.
Syntax
<datatype
dt:type="datatype">
Attributes
dt:type
Data type. For a list of valid values, see XML Data Types Preview.
<ElementType name="colors">
<datatype dt:type="char"/>
</ElementType>
Element Information
| Number of occurrences | 1 |
| Parent elements | AttributeType, ElementType |
| Child elements | (No child elements) |
| Requires closing tag | Yes. XML Schema is an XML grammar and, like all XML grammars, all tags must have closing tags to satisfy the definition of well-formed. |
Remarks
The datatype functionality is an extension offered by XML Schema that cannot be specified using the document type definition (DTD) syntax.