MORPH Syntax

Datatypes

Datatypes are declared using XML Schema constructs so that their use is able to be properly validated by XML tools.

Simple Datatypes (<xs:simpleType>)

Attributes

name
hla:nameNotes
hla:size
hla:sizeNotes
hla:interpretation
hla:interpretationNotes
hla:endian
hla:endianNotes
hla:encoding
hla:encodingNotes

Content

(XML Schema Simple Content)

HLA simple datatypes may be represented using the XML Schema xs:simpleType.

Enumerated Datatypes (<xs:simpleType>)

Attributes

name
hla:nameNotes
hla:representation
hla:representationNotes
hla:semantics
hla:semanticsNotes

Content

(XML Schema Enumerated Content)

Enumerated types are datatypes that can take a finite set of discrete values. MORPH declares these using XML Schema enumerated types, which are derived from a simple type (usually xs:string) through restriction.

Array Datatypes (<xs:complexType>)

Attributes

name
hla:nameNotes
hla:dataType
hla:dataTypeNotes
hla:cardinality
hla:cardinalityNotes
hla:encoding
hla:encodingNotes
hla:semantics
hla:semanticsNotes

Content

(XML Schema Complex Content)

Arrays are sequences of elements of the same underlying datatype. Arrays (or sequences) are defined as indexed homogenous collections of datatypes. In XML, an array of characters is a string and is easily utilized. More complicated arrays make use of repeated groups of nested elements.

Record Datatypes (<xs:complexType>)

Attributes

name
hla:nameNotes
hla:encoding
hla:encodingNotes
hla:semantics
hla:semanticsNotes

Content

(XML Schema Simple Content)

Records consist of a variable number of fields that are of different types: simple, basic, variant, or other fixed records. In XML, these are represented using nested elements. The leaf node's data is always represented using attributes.

Variant Record Datatypes (<xs:complexType>)

Attributes

name
hla:nameNotes
hla:encoding
hla:encodingNotes
hla:semantics
hla:semanticsNotes

Content

(XML Schema Union Content)

Variant record types define discriminated unions of types. XML Schema provides a xs:union type which can be used for this purpose.