This page lists the behaviour of the Runtime when creating or parsing XML messages based on XSD schemas (SOAP and REST with schema sets).

The behaviour is broken down by:

whether the message is being sent or being received
whether attributes and relations are inside a sequence or a choice
whether an element is mapped to an attribute or a relation
whether the attribute or relation is single-valued or multi-valued

1. Sending an XML message

TBD

1.1 Sequences

TBD

1.1.1 Single-Valued Attributes

Value	Source	minOccurs	nillable	Result
unknown	system	0	*	element not present
unknown	system	> 0	*	error
unknown	user	0	false	empty element
unknown	user	0	true	nil element
unknown	user	1	false	empty element
unknown	user	1	true	nil element
unknown	user	> 1	false	as many empty elements as required by minOccurs
unknown	user	> 1	true	as many nil elements as required by minOccurs
known	*	*	*	an element containing the value

1.1.2 Multi-Valued Attributes

Value	Source	minOccurs	nillable	Result
unknown	system	0	*	no elements present
unknown	system	> 0	*	error
unknown	user	0	false	empty element
unknown	user	0	true	nil element
unknown	user	> 0	false	as many empty elements as required by minOccurs
unknown	user	> 0	true	as many nil elements as required by minOccurs
known, count < minOccurs	*	*	false	count elements with values, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs
known, count < minOccurs	*	*	true	count elements with values, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs
known, minOccurs <= count <= maxOccurs	*	*	*	as many elements as there are values, each element containing the corresponding value
known, maxOccurs < count	*	*	*	error

1.1.3 Single-Valued Relations

The source of relations is not used when handing unknown relations. Empty or nil tags are never created for relations, as that would lead to extra, unwanted instances on the receiving side.

Value	minOccurs	nillable	Result
unknown	0	*	element not present
unknown	> 0	*	error
known, attributes and relations do not generate sub-elements	*	false	empty element
known, attributes and relations do not generate sub-elements	*	true	nil element
known, at least one attribute or relation generates a sub-element	*	*	an element with sub-elements according to the rules on this page

1.1.4 Multi-Valued Relations

TBD

Value	minOccurs	nillable	Result
unknown	0	*	no elements present
unknown	> 0	*	error
known, count < minOccurs	*	*	error
known, minOccurs <= count <= maxOccurs	*	false	count elements
known, minOccurs <= count <= maxOccurs	*	true	count elements. If any of the instances do not generate sub-elements, the element corresponding to that instance is nil
known, maxOccurs < count	*	*	error

1.2 Choices

The behaviour of choices depends on the min/maxOccurs on the choice, the min/maxOccurs of the elements inside the choice, as well as the value and source of the attributes or relations mapped to those elements.

It is possible to choose multiple times, as required by minOccurs and restricted by maxOccurs on the choice. When choosing a second time, the same element that was chosen on the first choice cannot be chosen again (Petru Galanton : there is a contradiction to this in the single-valued attributes table, see below - in reality an element can be chosen multiple times if it has minOccurs = 0, in that case it chosen 0 times).

Other rules:

System-set attributes are never chosen.
Unknown relations are never chosen (source doesn't matter)

1.2.1 Single-Valued Attributes

TBD

Petru Galanton : would it be more clear if we had only the following combinations ?

unknown/system with all of unknown/system, unknown/user, known
unknown/user with unknown/user and known (so leave out unknown/user + unknown/system, as that was covered already by unknown/system + unknown/user)
known with known (so leave out known + unknown/system and known + unknown/user, as those were covered already by unknown/system + known and unknown/user + known)

TODO Petru Galanton : clarify that in the table below minOccurs is abbreviated to "min" and nillable is abbreviated to "nill" due to lack of space.

Choice min	Element A				Element B				Result	Explanation
Choice min	Value	Source	min	nill	Value	Source	min	nill	Result	Explanation
0	unknown	system	*	*	unknown	system	*	*	no element is present	chosen 0 times, or chosen element A 0 times, or chosen element B 0 times
0	unknown	system	*	*	unknown	user	0	false	<B/>	chosen element B 1 time
0	unknown	system	*	*	unknown	user	0	true	<B xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen element B 1 time
0	unknown	system	*	*	unknown	user	1	false	<B/>	chosen element B 1 time
0	unknown	system	*	*	unknown	user	1	true	<B xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen element B 1 time
0	unknown	system	*	*	unknown	user	> 1	false	<B /> <B/>	chosen as many empty B elements as required by element B minOccurs, chosen 1 time
0	unknown	system	*	*	unknown	user	> 1	true	<B xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen as many nil B elements as required by element B minOccurs, chosen 1 time
0	unknown	system	*	*	known	<= 1	*	*	<B>value</B>
0	unknown	system	*	*	known	> 1	*	false	<B>value</B> <B/>	chosen 1 B element and padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B, chosen 1 time
0	unknown	system	*	*	known	> 1	*	true	<B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen 1 B element and padded with as many nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B, chosen 1 time
0	unknown	user	0	false	unknown	system	*	*	<A>	chosen element A 1 time
0	unknown	user	0	true	unknown	system	*	*	<A xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen element A 1 time
0	unknown	user	1	false	unknown	system	*	*	<A>	chosen element A 1 time
0	unknown	user	1	true	unknown	system	*	*	<A xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen element A 1 time
0	unknown	user	> 1	false	unknown	system	*	*	<A>value</A> <A/>	chosen 1 A element and padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A, chosen 1 time
0	unknown	user	> 1	true	unknown	system	*	*	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen 1 A element and padded with as many nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A, chosen 1 time
0	unknown	user	*	*	unknown	user	*	*	error
0	unknown	user	*	*	known	*	*	*	error
0	known	*	*	*	unknown	system	*	*	<A>value</A>	chosen 1 A element 1 time
0	known	*	*	*	unknown	user	*	*	error
0	known	*	*	*	known	*	*	*	error
1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	system	0	*	no element is present	chosen element A 0 times, or chosen element B 0 times
1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	system	> 0	*	no element is present	chosen element A 0 times
1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	user	<= 1	false	<B />	chosen element B 1 time
1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	user	<= 1	true	<B xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen element B 1 time
1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	user	> 1	false	<B/> <B/>	chosen element B 1 time, padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B
1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	user	> 1	true	<B xsi:nil="true" /> <B xsi:nil="true" />	chosen element B 1 time, padded with as many nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B
1	unknown	system	0	*	known	*	<= 1	*	<B>value</B>	chosen element B 1 time
1	unknown	system	0	*	known	*	> 1	false	<B>value</B> <B />	chosen element B 1 time, padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B
1	unknown	system	0	*	known	*	> 1	true	<B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true" />	chosen element B 1 time, padded with as many nil element as required by minOccurs of element B
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	system	0	*	no element is present	chosen element B 0 times
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	system	> 0	*	error	no element could be chosen
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	user	<= 1	false	<B/>	chosen element B 1 time
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	user	<= 1	true	<B xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen element B 1 time
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	user	> 1	false	<B /> <B />	chosen element B 1 time, padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	user	> 1	true	<B xsi:nil="true" /> <B xsi:nil="true" />	chosen element B 1 time, padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	known	*	<= 1	*	<B>value</B>	chosen element B 1 time
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	known	*	> 1	false	<B>value<B> <B />	chosen element B 1 time, padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B
1	unknown	system	> 0	*	known	*	> 1	true	<B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	chosen element B 1 time, padded with as many nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B
1	unknown	user	<= 1	false	unknown	system	*	*	<A/>	chosen element A 1 time
1	unknown	user	<= 1	true	unknown	system	*	*	<A xsi:nil="true" />	chosen element A 1 time
1	unknown	user	> 1	false	unknown	system	*	*	<A/> <A/>	chosen element A 1 time, padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A
1	unknown	user	> 1	true	unknown	system	*	*	<A xsi:nil="true" /> <A xsi:nil="true" />	chosen element A 1 time, padded with as many nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A
1	unknown	user	*	*	unknown	user	*	*	error
1	unknown	user	*	*	known	*	*	*	error
1	known	*	<= 1	*	unknown	system	*	*	<A>value</A>
1	known	*	> 1	false	unknown	system	*	*	<A>value</A> <A/>	chosen element A 1 time, padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A
1	known	*	> 1	true	unknown	system	*	*	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true" />	chosen element A 1 time, padded with as many nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A
1	known	*	*	*	unknown	user	*	*	error
1	known	*	*	*	known	*	*	*	error
> 1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	system	0	*	no element present	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. At each choice, either element A was chosen 0 times, or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	system	> 1	*	no element present	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. At each choice, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	user	<= 1	*	<B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. On the first choice, element B was chosen 1 time. On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times.
> 1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	user	> 1	false	<B> <B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. On the first choice, element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B. On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	0	*	unknown	user	> 1	true	<B xsi:nil="true" /> <B xsi:nil="true" />	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. On the first choice, element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B. On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	0	*	known	*	<= 1	*	<B>value</B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. On the first choice, element B was chosen. On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	0	*	known	*	> 1	false	<B>value</B> <B/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. On the first choice, element B was chosen, padded with as many empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	0	*	known	*	> 1	true	<B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. On the first choice, element B was chosen, padded with as many nill elements as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	system	0	*	no element present	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. On each choice, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	system	> 0	*	error	no element could be chosen
> 1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	user	0	false	<B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	user	0	true	<B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element B was chosen 1 time. On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times.
> 1	unknown	system	> 0	*	unknown	user	> 0	*	error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, no other element could be chosen
> 1	unknown	system	> 0	*	known	*	0	*	<B>value</B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice. On the first choice, element B was chosen 1 time. On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times (Petru Galanton : this is in contradiction with the statement that the same element cannot be chosen twice)
> 1	unknown	system	> 0	*	known	*	> 0	*	error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, no other element could be chosen
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	unknown	system	0	*	<A>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	unknown	system	> 0	*	<A>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	unknown	user	<= 1	false	<A> <B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	unknown	user	<= 1	true	<A> <B xsi:nil="true" />	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	unknown	user	> 1	false	<A> <B> <B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	unknown	user	> 1	true	<A> <B xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	known	*	<= 1	*	<A> <B>value</A>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	known	*	> 1	false	<A> <B>value</B> <B/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	false	known	*	> 1	true	<A> <B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	unknown	system	0	*	<A xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	unknown	system	> 0	*	<A xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	unknown	user	<= 1	false	<A xsi:nil="true"> <B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	unknown	user	<= 1	true	<A xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true" />	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	unknown	user	> 1	false	<A xsi:nil="true"/> <B> <B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	unknown	user	> 1	true	<A xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	known	*	<= 1	*	<A xsi:nil="true"/> <B>value</A>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	known	*	> 1	false	<A xsi:nil="true"/> <B>value</B> <B/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	0	true	known	*	> 1	true	<A xsi:nil="true"/> <B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	> 0	false	unknown	system	0	*	<A/> <A/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	> 0	false	unknown	system	> 0	*	error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of element A On the remaining choices, no other element could be chosen
> 1	unknown	user	> 0	false	unknown	user	0	*	<A/> <A/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	> 0	false	unknown	user	> 0	false	<A/> <A/> <B/> <B/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then it is an error, as there is no 3rd element that could be chosen
> 1	unknown	user	> 0	false	unknown	user	> 0	true	<A/> <A/> <B xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then it is an error, as there is no 3rd element that could be chosen
> 1	unknown	user	> 0	false	known	*	0	*	<A/> <A/> <B>value</B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	unknown	user	> 0	false	known	*	> 0	false	<A/> <A/> <B>value</B> <B/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then it is an error, as there is no 3rd element that could be chosen
> 1	unknown	user	> 0	false	known	*	> 0	true	<A/> <A/> <B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then it is an error, as there is no 3rd element that could be chosen
> 1	known	*	0	*	unknown	system	0	*	<A>value</A>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	0	*	unknown	system	> 0	*	<A>value</A>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	0	*	known	*	0	*	<A>value</A> <B>value</A>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times or element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	0	*	known	*	> 0	false	<A>value</A> <B>value</B> <B/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	0	*	known	*	> 0	true	<A>value</A> <B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen 1 time On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B On the remaining choices, element A was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	unknown	system	0	*	<A>value</A> <A/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty element as required by minOccurs of element A On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	unknown	system	> 0	*	error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty element as required by minOccurs of element A On the remaining choices, no other element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	unknown	user	0	false	<A>value</A> <A/> <B/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	unknown	user	0	true	<A>value</A> <A/> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	unknown	user	> 0	false	<A>value</A> <A/> <B/> <B/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then error as no 3rd element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	unknown	user	> 0	true	<A>value</A> <A/> <B xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then error as no 3rd element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	known	*	0	*	<A>value</A> <A/> <B>value</B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	known	*	> 0	false	<A>value</A> <A/> <B>value</B> <B/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then error as no 3rd element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	false	known	*	> 0	true	<A>value</A> <A/> <B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then error as no 3rd element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	unknown	system	0	*	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	unknown	system	> 0	*	error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the remaining choices, no other element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	unknown	user	0	false	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/> <B/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	unknown	user	0	true	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	unknown	user	> 0	false	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/> <B/> <B/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then error as no 3rd element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	unknown	user	> 0	true	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/> <B xsi:nil="true"/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then error as no 3rd element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	known	*	0	*	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/> <B>value</B>	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen 1 time On the remaining choices, element B was chosen 0 times
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	known	*	> 0	false	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/> <B>value</B> <B/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then error as no 3rd element could be chosen
> 1	known	*	> 0	true	known	*	> 0	true	<A>value</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/> <B>value</B> <B xsi:nil="true"/> or error	Chosen as many times as required by minOccurs of choice On the first choice, element A was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element A On the second choice, element B was chosen, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs of element B If choice minOccurs > 2, then error as no 3rd element could be chosen

1.2.2 Multi-Valued Attributes

TBD

The same general rules apply for multi-valued attributes as for single-valued attributes. In addition, there can be situations where the attribute is known and the value count is :

too low to satisfy the minOccurs requirement
too high to satisfy the maxOccurs requirement

The following table summarizes the Runtime behaviour for a multi-valued attribute with a known value.

Value Count	nillable	Result	Explanation
count < minOccurs	false	<A>value 1</A> <A>value 2</A> <A/>	count elements with values, padded with empty elements as required by minOccurs
count < minOccurs	true	<A>value 1</A> <A>value 2</A> <A xsi:nil="true"/>	count elements with values, padded with nil elements as required by minOccurs
minOccurs <= count <= maxOccurs	*	<A>value 1</A> <A>value 2</A>	as many elements as there are values, each element containing the corresponding value
maxOccurs < count	*	error	When a choice is made and the multi-valued attribute is chosen, all values of that attribute are chosen and must satisfy the maxOccurs requirement. If the choice has maxOccurs > 1, it is not possible to choose some of the values of the attribute on the first choice and the remaining values in another choice.

1.2.3 Single-Valued Relations

TBD

Same as with sequences, unknown relations are never chosen, as that would result in extra instances created on the receiving side.

Same as with sequences, padding with empty or nil tags to satisfy minOccurs requirements does not apply, as that also would result in extra instances created on the receiving side.

Choice minOccurs	Choice maxOccurs	Element A		Element B		Result	Explanation
Choice minOccurs	Choice maxOccurs	Value	minOccurs	Value	minOccurs	Result	Explanation
0	*	unknown	*	unknown	*	no element present	chosen 0 times
0	*	unknown	*	known	<= 1	<B> ... </B>	chosen element B 1 time
0	*	unknown	*	known	> 1	error	chosen element B 1 time, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element B
0	*	known	<= 1	unknown	*	<A>...</A>	chosen element A 1 time
0	<= 1	known	<= 1	known	<= 1	error	chosen element A 1 time and element B 1 time, but choice maxOccurs does not allow making 2 choices
0	> 1	known	<= 1	known	<= 1	<A>...</A> <B>...</B>	chosen element A 1 time and element B 1 time
0	*	known	<= 1	known	> 1	error	chosen element A 1 time and element B 1 time, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element B
0	*	known	> 1	*	*	error	chosen element A 1 time, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element A
1	*	unknown	0	unknown	0	no element present	chosen element A 0 times or chosen element B 0 times
1	*	unknown	0	unknown	> 0	no element present	chosen element A 0 times
1	*	unknown	0	known	<= 1	<B>...</B>	chosen element B 1 time
1	*	unknown	0	known	> 1	error	chosen element B 1 time, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element B
1	*	unknown	> 0	unknown	0	no element present	chosen element B 0 times
1	*	unknown	> 0	unknown	> 0	error	no element could be chosen
1	*	unknown	> 0	known	<= 1	<B>...</B>	chosen element B 1 time
1	*	unknown	> 0	known	> 1	error	chosen element B 1 time, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element B
1	*	known	<= 1	unknown	*	<A>...</A>	chosen element A 1 time
1	<= 1	known	<= 1	known	<= 1	error	chosen element A 1 time and element B 1 time, but choice maxOccurs does not allow making 2 choices
1	> 1	known	<= 1	known	<= 1	<A>...</A> <B>...</B>	chosen element A 1 time and element B 1 time
1	*	known	<= 1	known	> 1	error	chosen element A 1 time and element B 1 time, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element B
1	*	known	> 1	*	*	error	chosen element A 1 time, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element A
2	*	unknown	0	unknown	0	no element present	chosen element A 0 times and element B 0 times
2	*	unknown	0	unknown	> 0	error	chosen element A 0 times on the first choice, but no other element could be chosen on the second choice
2	*	unknown	0	known	<= 1	<B>...</B>	chosen element A 0 times and element B 1 time
2	*	unknown	0	known	> 1	error	chosen element A 0 times and element B 1 time, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element B
2	*	unknown	> 0	unknown	0	error	chosen element B 0 times on the first choice, but no other element could be chosen on the second choice
2	*	unknown	> 0	unknown	> 0	error	no element could be chosen
2	*	unknown	> 0	known	<= 1	error	chosen element B 1 times on the first choice, but no other element could be chosen on the second choice
2	*	unknown	> 0	known	> 1	error	chosen element B 1 times on the first choice, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element B
2	*	known	<= 1	unknown	0	<A>...</A>	chosen element A 1 times on the first choice, and chosen element B 0 times on the second choice
2	*	known	<= 1	unknown	> 0	error	chosen element A 1 times on the first choice, but no other element could be chosen on the second choice
2	*	known	<= 1	known	<= 1	<A>...</A> <B>...</B>	chosen element A 1 times on the first choice, and chosen element B 1 times on the second choice
2	*	known	<= 1	known	> 1	error	chosen element A 1 times on the first choice and chosen element B 1 times on the second choice, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element B
2	*	known	> 1	*	*	error	chosen element A 1 times on the first choice, but could not satisfy minOccurs requirement of element A
> 2	*	*	*	*	*	error	There must be at least as many elements in the choice as the choice minOccurs. The number of elements that can be chosen must not exceed choice maxOccurs. Petru Galanton : for attributes this is an error if minOccurs = 0 on both and system unknown on both, but not an error if minOccurs = 0 on both and user unknown on both. Is this documented ?

The <A>...</A> results in the table above can be further described as depending on:

whether element A is nillable or not
whether any of the attributes or relations of the instance mapped to element A generate sub-elements

#	Nillable	Sub-Elements	Result	Explanation
1	false	false	<A/>
2	false	true	<A> <Sub>...</Sub> <A>	The way in which the sub-elements are expanded depends on whether they are in a sequence or a choice whether they are mapped to attributes or relations the minOccurs, maxOccurs, nillable properties of the sub-elements All the rules described on this page apply recursively to sub-elements.
3	true	false	<A xsi:nil="true"/>	Instead of expanding empty or nil sub-elements, the message is made smaller by setting the A element to nil. Note that if in the XSD there are sub-elements which have minOccurs > 0 then no error is thrown, as xsi:nil="true" overrides those requirements, as described in the XSD Specification
4	true	true	<A> <Sub>...</Sub> </A>	The explanation for #2 applies for #4 as well.

1.2.4 Multi-Valued Relations

TBD

The same rules apply for mulit-valued relations within a choice as for single-valued relations within a choice, as described in chapter 1.2.3. In addition, there can be situations where multi-valued relations:

do not have enough values to satisfy the minOccurs requirement of the element
have too many values to satisfy the maxOccurs requirement of the element

The behaviour of multi-valued relations in choices is similar to that of multi-valued attributes in choices (described in chapter 1.2.2), except that no padding with empty or nil tags is done in order to automatically satisfy the minOccurs requirement. In contrast with multi-valued attributes in choices, for multi-valued relations in choices an error will occur if the relation doesn't have enough values.

The following table summarizes the Runtime behaviour for a multi-valued relations with a known value.

Value Count

Result

Explanation

count < minOccurs

error

cannot satisfy the minOccurs requirement and no padding with empty or nill elements can be done

minOccurs <= count <= maxOccurs

as many elements as there are values, each element containing the corresponding value

maxOccurs < count

error

When a choice is made and the multi-valued relation is chosen, all values of that relation are chosen and must satisfy the maxOccurs requirement.

If the choice has maxOccurs > 1, it is not possible to choose some of the values of the relation on the first choice and the remaining values in another choice.

2. Receiving an XML message

TBD

2.1 Sequences

TBD

2.1.1 Single-Valued Attributes

TBD

XML Element			XSD		Result (Profile)		Explanation
present	nil	empty	minOccurs	nillable	Value	Source	Explanation
false	N/A	N/A	0	*	unknown	system
false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	error		XML not conform the XSD due to minOccurs
true	false	false	0	*	known	user
true	false	false	1	*	known	user
true	false	false	> 1	*	error		XML not conform the XSD due to minOccurs
true	false	true	0	*	unknown	user
true	false	true	1	*	unknown	user
true	false	true	> 1	*	error		XML not conform the XSD due to minOccurs
true	true	false	0	false	error		XML not conform the XSD, element cannot have xsi:nil because element is not nillable
true	true	false	0	true	unknown	user	The content is ignored. Petru Galanton the spec says that a nil="true" element MUST be empty.
true	true	false	1	false	error		XML not conform the XSD, element cannot have xsi:nil because element is not nillable
true	true	false	1	true	unknown	user	The content is ignored
true	true	false	> 1	false	error		XML not conform the XSD, element cannot have xsi:nil because element is not nillable
true	true	false	> 1	true	error		XML not conform the XSD due to minOccurs
true	true	true	0	false	error		XML not conform the XSD, element cannot have xsi:nil because element is not nillable
true	true	true	0	true	unknown	user
true	true	true	1	false	error		XML not conform the XSD, element cannot have xsi:nil because element is not nillable
true	true	true	1	true	unknown	user
true	true	true	> 1	false	error		XML not conform the XSD, element cannot have xsi:nil because element is not nillable
true	true	true	> 1	true	error		XML not conform the XSD due to minOccurs

TODO Petru Galanton : minOccurs 0 and 1 could be contracted into minOccurs <= 1 ?

Note:

when an element is mapped to a single-valued attribute and has minOccurs > 1 in the XSD and the element is present multiple times in the XML, the attribute will have the value of the last element from top to bottom (the value of each element is mapped in turn, later values overwrite prior values)

2.1.2 Multi-Valued Attributes

The same rules apply to multi-valued attributes in a sequence as for single-valued attributes in a sequences (chapter 2.1.1). In addition, there can be situations where the number of XML elements is too high to satisfy the maxOccurs requirements. In this situation an error occurs.

2.1.3 Single-Valued Relations

TBD

XML Element		XSD		Result (Profile)		Explanation
present	nil	minOccurs	nillable	Value	Source	Explanation
false	N/A	0	*	unknown	system
false	N/A	> 0	*	error		XML not conform the XSD
true	false	<= 1	*	known	user
true	false	> 1	*	error		XML not conform the XSD
true	true	<= 1	false	error		XML not conform the XSD, element cannot have xsi:nil because element is not nillable
true	true	<= 1	true	unknown	user
true	true	> 1	false	error		XML not conform the XSD, element cannot have xsi:nil because element is not nillable
true	true	> 1	true	error		XML not conform the XSD

2.1.4 Multi-Valued Relations

The same rules apply for mulit-valued relations in a sequence as for single-valued relations in a sequence (chapter 2.1.3). In addition, there can be situations where the number of XML elements exceeds the maxOccurs value from the XSD. In this situation an error occurs.

TODO Petru Galanton: multi-valued relations can also be mapped directly onto a sequence, this needs to be documented as well.

2.2 Choices

TBD

2.2.1 Single-Valued Attributes

TBD

Choice min	Element A					Element B					Result (Profile)				Explanation
	XML			XSD		XML			XSD		Attribute A		Attribute B
	present	nil	empty	min	nill	present	nil	empty	min	nill	Value	Source	Value	Source
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	false	N/A	N/A	*	*	unknown	system	unknown	system	chosen 0 times
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	false	false	<= 1	*	unknown	system	known	user	chosen element B 1 time
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	false	false	> 1	*	error				chosen element B 1 time, but minOccurs of element B is not satisfied
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	false	true	<= 1	*	unknown	system	unknown	user	chosen element B 1 time
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	false	true	> 1	*	error				chosen element B 1 time, but minOccurs of element B is not satisfied
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	true	false	<= 1	false	error				XML not conform XSD, element B cannot be nil because it is not nillable
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	true	false	<= 1	true	unknown	system	unknown	user	the content is ignored
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	true	false	> 1	false	error				XML not conform XSD, element B cannot be nil because it is not nillable
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	true	false	> 1	true	error				chosen element B 1 time, but minOccurs of element B is not satisfied
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	true	true	<= 1	false	error				XML not conform XSD, element B cannot be nil because it is not nillable
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	true	true	<= 1	true	unknown	system	unknown	user
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	true	true	> 1	false	error				XML not conform XSD, element B cannot be nil because it is not nillable
0	false	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	true	true	> 1	true	error				chosen element B 1 time, but minOccurs of element B is not satisfied
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	false	N/A	N/A	*	*	unknown	system	unknown	system
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	false	false	<= 1	*	unknown	system	known	user
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	false	false	> 1	*	error				chosen element B 1 time, but minOccurs of element B is not satisfied
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	false	true	<= 1	*	unknown	system	unknown	user
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	false	true	> 1	*	error				chosen element B 1 time, but minOccurs of element B is not satisfied
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	true	false	<= 1	false	error				XML not conform XSD, element B cannot be nil because it is not nillable
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	true	false	<= 1	true	unknown	system	unknown	user	content of element B is ignored
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	true	false	> 1	false	error				XML not conform XSD, element B cannot be nil because it is not nillable
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	true	false	> 1	true	error				chosen element B 1 time, but minOccurs of element B is not satisfied
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	true	true	<= 1	false	error				XML not conform XSD, element B cannot be nil because it is not nillable
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	true	true	<= 1	true	unknown	system	unknown	user
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	true	true	> 1	false	error				XML not conform XSD, element B cannot be nil because it is not nillable
0	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	true	true	> 1	true	error				chosen element B 1 time, but minOccurs of element B is not satisfied

	true	N/A	N/A	0	*	false	N/A	N/A	0	*
	true	N/A	N/A	0	*	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*
	true	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	N/A	N/A	0	*
	true	N/A	N/A	0	*	true	N/A	N/A	> 0	*
	true	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	false	N/A	N/A	0	*
	true	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	false	N/A	N/A	> 0	*
	true	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	N/A	N/A	0	*
	true	N/A	N/A	> 0	*	true	N/A	N/A	> 0	*

2.2.2 Multi-Valued Attributes

TBD

2.2.3 Single-Valued Relations

TBD

2.2.4 Multi-Valued Relations

TBD

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1.2.4 Multi-Valued Relations

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1.1.3 Single-Valued Relations

1.1.4 Multi-Valued Relations

1.2 Choices

1.2.2 Multi-Valued Attributes

1.2.3 Single-Valued Relations

1.2.4 Multi-Valued Relations

2. Receiving an XML message

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2.1.1 Single-Valued Attributes

2.1.2 Multi-Valued Attributes

2.1.3 Single-Valued Relations

2.1.4 Multi-Valued Relations

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2.2.1 Single-Valued Attributes

2.2.2 Multi-Valued Attributes

2.2.3 Single-Valued Relations

2.2.4 Multi-Valued Relations