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XML profile’s Types tab

On the XML profile's Types tab you can add, define, edit, and delete namespaces, element declarations, complex types, elements, and attributes.

The icons on the Types tab represent the following:

  • Green sphere. A namespace

  • Single blue building block. An element declaration without elements or attributes

  • Three blue building blocks. An element declaration that has elements and/or attributes

  • Single yellow building block. A complex type without elements or attributes

  • Three yellow building blocks. A complex type that has elements and/or attributes

  • Single green building block. An element without elements or attributes

  • Three green building blocks. An element that has elements and/or attributes

  • Single red building block. An attribute

Namespaces, element declarations, complex types, elements and attributes in an XML profile have the following configuration settings.

Namespaces

Namespaces are a way to qualify XML elements with a prefix to avoid naming conflicts. If your XML document uses namespaces they must be configured in the XML profile. Namespaces must be declared before they can be used within the document. The namespace declaration is made in a given element, but then can be used by its child elements.

Each XML profile has an “Empty Namespace” by default. It cannot be deleted from the Types tab. It is used by all types that do not declare a namespace. Click Add Namespace to add a namespace.

Namespaces are created on the XML profile’s Types tab and referenced by elements on the Data Elements tab.

Name
Description

Namespace
Used to identify the namespace. It is typically an Internet URL similar to this: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/.

Prefix
Prefix to use with this namespace. All elements in the document with the prefix are associated with this namespace.

Comments
Free text description.

Element Declarations

Name
Description

Element Name
Name of the element declaration. It must match the actual XML element name in the source or destination file.

Comments
Free text description.

Type Name
Used to select a complex type from the specified namespace.

You can also add qualifiers. If the element declaration does not reference a complex type, you can also configure Field Size options and Data Format options. See the XML profile’s Data Elements tab topic for more information.

Complex Types

Name
Description

Type Name
The name of the complex type.

Comments
Free text description.

You can also configure Field Size options, Data Format options and Qualifiers. See the XML profile’s Data Elements tab topic for more information.

Elements

Name
Description

Element Name
Name of the element. It must match the actual XML element name in the source or destination file.

Comments
Free text description.

Min Occurs (Minimum Occurrences)
The minimum number of times the element can occur.

Max Occurs (Maximum Occurrences)
The maximum number of times the element can occur.

Looping Option
Unique — Only unique instances of a loop or segment will be written. If two (or more) loops or segments are identical, then only the first instance will be written.

Occurrence — All instances are written.

Type Name
Used to select a complex type or element declaration from the specified namespace.

You can also configure Field Size options and Data Format options. You can add a qualifier to an element only if it does not reference a type. See the XML profile’s Data Elements tab topic for more information.

Attributes

Attributes on the Types tab have the same settings as those on the Data Elements tab, except that you are adding them to an element in a namespace so you do not have to select a namespace. See the XML profile’s Data Elements tab topic for more information.

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