XSD How To?
XML documents can have a reference to a DTD or to an XML Schema.
A Simple XML Document
Look at this simple XML document called "note.xml":<?xml version="1.0"?>
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note> A DTD File
The following example is a DTD file called "note.dtd" that defines the elements of the XML document above ("note.xml"):<!ELEMENT note (to, from, heading, body)>
<!ELEMENT to (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT from (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT heading (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT body (#PCDATA)> Line 2-5 defines the to, from, heading, body elements to be of type "#PCDATA".
An XML Schema
The following example is an XML Schema file called "note.xsd" that defines the elements of the XML document above ("note.xml"):<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="https://www.w3schools.com"
xmlns="https://www.w3schools.com"
elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:element name="note">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="to" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="from" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="heading" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="body" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema> A Reference to a DTD
This XML document has a reference to a DTD:<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE note SYSTEM
"https://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.dtd">
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>A Reference to an XML Schema
This XML document has a reference to an XML Schema:<?xml version="1.0"?>
<note
xmlns="https://www.w3schools.com"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xsd">
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note> 
