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If you don't need to reuse a complex type, it may be faster to create an anonymous complex type within the element declaration.
 
File: Schema..xsd
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  targetNamespace="http://www.java2s.com" xmlns="http://www.java2s.com"
  elementFormDefault="qualified">

  <xsd:element name="characteristics">
    <xsd:complexType>
      <xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:element name="weight" type="xsd:string" />
        <xsd:element name="length" type="xsd:string" />
      </xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:attribute name="kind" type="xsd:string" />

    </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

 

File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<characteristics xmlns="http://www.java2s.com" kind="physical">

  <weight>3 points</weight>

  <length>3 years</length>

</characteristics>