Article:		Typeless Schemas and Services
Subject:		Anonymous Complex Types
Date:		2003-09-24 01:05:38
From:		milton reynolds
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "inlining the data definition"; I'm intrigued by this use of xml schema, but having a hard time fully getting my head around the benefit.

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• Anonymous Complex Types
  2003-09-24 06:58:37 Rich Salz [Reply]
  
  Sure; it's also called "Russian Doll" design in certain cases; see http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/29/schemas/part1.html

  
  Don't define types, only define elements, and either "inline" those elements directly within the containing element (as shown above), or use the "ref" item to do the equivalent of #include. :)