Specify XML schema data type of decimal or blank
- by Jeremy Stein
Is there a way in an XML schema to specify that an element may contain either an empty string or a decimal?
If I specify the type as xs:decimal like this:
<xs:element name="Sample" type="xs:decimal" />
then a blank value would not pass validation:
<Sample/>
(I realize that the best way to indicate no value would be to not include the element, but I was wondering if there was a way to allow blank or decimal.)