XML/XSD 问题:如何使名称不同的两个元素始终相互匹配

问题描述

例如:

<Region>
 <RegionID>r1</RegionID>
 <regioninfor>A</regioninfor>
 <Subregion>
  <SubregionID>s1</SubregionID>
  <RegionIDAssociation>r1</RegionIDAssociation>
 </Subregion>
</Region>

问题: 我想让RegionIDAssociation 总是匹配RegionID,也就是说如果RegionID 是r1,子区域的RegionIDAssociation 必须填r1,我如何用XML SCHEMA (XSD) 来实现?

解决方法

使用密钥/keyref:

 <xs:element name="Region">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element ref="RegionID"/>
        <xs:element ref="RegionInfor"/>
        <xs:element ref="Subregion"/>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:key name="region-id">
      <xs:selector xpath="."></xs:selector>
      <xs:field xpath="RegionID"></xs:field>
    </xs:key>
    <xs:keyref refer="region-id" name="subregion-constraint">
      <xs:selector xpath="Subregion"></xs:selector>
      <xs:field xpath="RegionIDAssociation"></xs:field>
    </xs:keyref>
  </xs:element>