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NillableElement Example

  <xs:element name="nillableMiddleName" type="ex:NillableMiddleName"/>

  <xs:complexType name="NillableMiddleName">
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="firstName" type="xs:string"/>
          <xs:element name="middleName" type="xs:string" nillable="true"/>
          <xs:element name="lastName" type="xs:string"/>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:complexType>

The example schema [NillableElement.xsd] has been classified as being "" as it exhibits the following patterns:

Status Name XPath

To facilitate testing, the example schema element has been wrapped in the following descriptions:

The following valid instance documents are provided:

Instance Validity
NillableElement01
NillableElement02

  <ex:nillableMiddleName>
        <ex:firstName>Paul</ex:firstName>
        <ex:middleName xsi:nil="true"/>
        <ex:lastName>Downey</ex:lastName>
      </ex:nillableMiddleName>
  <ex:nillableMiddleName>
        <ex:firstName>Paul</ex:firstName>
        <ex:middleName>Sumner</ex:middleName>
        <ex:lastName>Downey</ex:lastName>
      </ex:nillableMiddleName>

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