Hello,

is it possible in XML Schema to define the same element with several different definitions depending on one attribute.

As Example:

<xsd:element name="Element">
  <xsd:complexType>
    <xsd:sequence>
     <xsd:attribute name="type" fixed="type1"/>
    <xsd:seqeuence>
  </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>

<xsd:element name="Element">
  <xsd:complexType>
    <xsd:sequence>
     <xsd:attribute name="type" fixed="type2"/>
     <xsd:attribute name="value" type="xsd:integer"/>
    <xsd:seqeuence>
  </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>

<xsd:element name="RootElement">
  <xsd:complexType>
    <xsd:sequence>
     <xsd:element ref="Element"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
  </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>

Or is there any other way to solve this problem. It is important that both definitions are named "Element", because I have an application needing that both elements are named the same way. But there is a second application that needs the additional information for type2.