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XML Element

JSON Schema describing the structure of an XML element including its qualified name, attributes, child nodes, and text content.

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Properties

Name Type Description
name string Local name of the element.
namespaceURI string Namespace URI in scope for this element.
prefix string Namespace prefix used for this element (empty string for default namespace).
qualifiedName string Qualified name combining prefix and local name (e.g. xs:element).
attributes array Attributes declared on this element.
children array Child nodes (elements, text, CDATA, comments, processing instructions).
text string Concatenated text content of the element (per XPath string-value).
selfClosing boolean Whether the element is serialized using the self-closing form (e.g.
).
xmlLang string xml:lang value declaring the language of the element content.
xmlSpace string xml:space value indicating whitespace handling.
xmlBase string xml:base value providing a base URI for relative references.
xmlId string xml:id value uniquely identifying the element within the document.
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JSON Schema

xml-element-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/xml/refs/heads/main/json-schema/xml-element-schema.json",
  "title": "XML Element",
  "description": "JSON Schema describing the structure of an XML element including its qualified name, attributes, child nodes, and text content.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Local name of the element.",
      "examples": ["title", "item", "Envelope"]
    },
    "namespaceURI": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Namespace URI in scope for this element.",
      "examples": ["http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"]
    },
    "prefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Namespace prefix used for this element (empty string for default namespace).",
      "examples": ["", "xs", "soap"]
    },
    "qualifiedName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Qualified name combining prefix and local name (e.g. xs:element).",
      "examples": ["soap:Envelope", "xsl:template"]
    },
    "attributes": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Attributes declared on this element.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Local name of the attribute."
          },
          "namespaceURI": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Namespace URI of the attribute."
          },
          "prefix": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Namespace prefix of the attribute."
          },
          "value": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Attribute value."
          }
        },
        "required": ["name", "value"]
      }
    },
    "children": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Child nodes (elements, text, CDATA, comments, processing instructions).",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "nodeType": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Type of XML node.",
            "enum": ["element", "text", "cdata", "comment", "processing-instruction"]
          },
          "value": {
            "description": "Node content. For element nodes, an XML Element object; for text/cdata/comment, a string; for processing instructions, an object with target and data."
          }
        },
        "required": ["nodeType"]
      }
    },
    "text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Concatenated text content of the element (per XPath string-value)."
    },
    "selfClosing": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the element is serialized using the self-closing form (e.g. <br/>).",
      "default": false
    },
    "xmlLang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "xml:lang value declaring the language of the element content.",
      "examples": ["en", "en-US", "fr"]
    },
    "xmlSpace": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "xml:space value indicating whitespace handling.",
      "enum": ["default", "preserve"]
    },
    "xmlBase": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri-reference",
      "description": "xml:base value providing a base URI for relative references."
    },
    "xmlId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "xml:id value uniquely identifying the element within the document."
    }
  },
  "required": ["name"]
}