xmlns:xsi

XML Schema Namespace Declaration

This is not an attribute, but a namespace pseudo-attribute. The value provides a prefix to use for the @xsi_schemaLocation attribute. All namespace prefixes must be associated with a URL, and the prefix “xsi” has been set to the URL for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML Schema.

Used on these Elements:

<book>, <book-app>, <book-app-group>, <book-part>, <book-part-wrapper>, <dedication>, <foreword>, <front-matter-part>, <preface>
ValueMeaning
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instanceThe prefix “xsi” has been set to the URL for W3C XML Schema.
Restriction@xmlns:xsi has a fixed value which may not be changed in the document.

Example 


<book
  xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
  xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  book-type="gov"
  dtd-version="2.0"
  indexed="yes"
  xml:lang="en">
<book-meta>...</book-meta>
<book-body>...</book-body>
<book-back>...</book-back>
</book>

Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 2.0 Tag Library

Version of February 2016

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