How do I add a space in an XML schema element?

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How do I add a space in an XML schema element? I'd like to have "Last Name" without using an underscore. Thanks.

<xs:element name="Last Name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '09 at 19:14

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You can't. That would go against the XML specification. The space character is used as a delimiter in XML and has special meaning. It cannot appear in element names.

Think about the resulting element that you would be defining with that declaration:

<Last Name attribute1="value" attribute2="value">Contents</Last Name>

That doesn't look anything like XML and would be rejected by any XML parser.

answered Jun 10 '09 at 19:14

Welbog

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You could do a dash: Last-Name. – Cheeso Jun 10 '09 at 19:24

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '09 at 19:18

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this schema represents an element in XML. Elements are not allowed to have white spaces in their names as they are used as a delimiter for attributes.

answered Jun 10 '09 at 19:18

Stan R.

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How do I add a space in an XML schema element?

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