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Elements with Anonymous Complex Types

If you don't need to reuse a complex type, it may be faster to  create an anonymous complex type within the element declaration.   File: Schema..xsd <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"   targetNamespace="http://www.rntsoft.com" xmlns="http://www.rntsoft.com"   elementFormDefault="qualified">   <xsd:element name="characteristics">     <xsd:complexType>       <xsd:sequence>         <xsd:element name="weight" type="xsd:string" />         <xsd:element name="length" type="xsd:string" />       </xsd:sequence>       <xsd:attribute name="kind" type="xsd:string" />     </xsd:complexType>   </xsd:element> </xsd:schema>   File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <characteristics xmlns="http://www.rntsoft.com" kind="physical">   <weight>3 points</weight>   <length>3 years</length> </characteristics>