No XML tags instead of attribute xsi:nil='true'

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trgerhardt

How do you code an XSD so that the tags just don't show up if there is no content instead of having xsi:nil="true"?

XSD File:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">

  <xs:include schemaLocation="/includes/schemas/Public Images.xsd"/>

  <xs:element name="object" type="objectType" />

  <xs:complexType name="objectType">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="name" type="xs:normalizedString" />
      <xs:element name="image" type="imageType" minOccurs="0" />
      <xs:element name="post" maxOccurs="unbounded"> 
        <xs:complexType>
          <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element name="title" type="xs:normalizedString" />
            <xs:element name="url" type="xs:normalizedString" minOccurs="0" />
            <xs:element name="date" type="xs:date" minOccurs="0" />
            <xs:element name="image" type="imageType" minOccurs="0" />
            <xs:element name="body" type="xs:string" />
          </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
      </xs:element>
    </xs:sequence>  
  </xs:complexType>
    
</xs:schema>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

XML Printed:

<object>
  <name>Test</name>
    <image xsi:nil="true">
      <title xsi:nil="true"/>
      <filename xsi:nil="true"/>
    </image>
    <post>
      <title>test</title>
      <url xsi:nil="true"/>
      <date xsi:nil="true"/>
      <image xsi:nil="true">
        <title xsi:nil="true"/>
        <filename xsi:nil="true"/>
      </image>
    <body>test</body>
  </post>
</object>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

arielb

for optional tags (minOccurs="0") i need to use xsi:nil in order to preserve the document structure.  there is no alternative at the moment - the nil tags are needed in order to keep the xforms processor happy.  if this is important to you, please file an issue at issues.alfresco.com and i'll look into resolving this for a future release.