A document model for XML documents allows you to define how a node found in an XML document is mapped to a field, a document attribute, or both.
Here is an example of an XML document:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <purchaseOrder orderDate="2001-01-20"> [4] <shipAddress countryCode="US"> [1] <name>Alice Smith</name> [2] <street>123 Maple Street</street> <city>Mill Hill</city> <state>CA</state> <zip>90999</zip> </shipAddress> <item partNo="123" quantity="1"> <name>S&B Lawnmower Type ABC-x</name> <price>239.90</price> <shipDate>2001-01-25</shipDate> </item> <item partNo="987" quantity="1"> [3] <name>Multifunction Rake ZYX</name> <price>69.90</price> <shipDate>2001-01-24</shipDate> </item> </purchaseOrder>
Here is an example of an XML document model:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <XMLModel> <XMLFieldDefinition [1] name="addresses" locator="/purchaseOrder/shipAddress" <XMLFieldDefinition [2] name="customerName" locator="//shipAddress/name" <XMLAttributeDefinition [3] name="partNumber" type="NUMBER" locator="/purchaseOrder//item/@partNo" /> <XMLFieldDefinition [4] name="none" locator="/purchaseOrder/@orderDate" exclude="yes" /> </XMLModel>
The first line, <?xml version="1.0"?>, specifies that the model is written using XML. Each field is defined within a XMLFieldDefinition or XMLAttributeDefinition tag, which contains element parameters.
Note that all the text field definitions must be contained within the <XMLModel> tag. For restrictions, see Limitations for text fields and document attributes.