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Reuse data type defined


File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<library>
  <DVD id="1">
    <title>title 1</title>
    <format>Movie</format>
    <genre>Classic</genre>
  </DVD>
  <DVD id="2">
    <title>Contact</title>
    <format>Movie</format>
    <genre>Science fiction</genre>
  </DVD>
</library>


File: Schema.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:element name="library">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element ref="DVD" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="DVD">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="title" type="xs:string"/>
        <xs:element name="format" type="xs:string"/>
        <xs:element name="genre" type="xs:string"/>
      </xs:sequence>
      <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>








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