Data Type - quantityType

Datatype: quantityType

Found in http://www.posc.org/schemas/useful_types.xsd
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Description:

The quantityType datatype will contain the numeric value as the value of the element, and a reference to a unit of measure as an attribute. It is intended as a compact way to bundle a value and its unit of measure together.

Proposed Usage:

This datatype was developed to support the Epicentre quantity data type. Its intended usage is shown in the PEF quantity element document. Usage as a useful datatype is shown in the following sample usage schema and sample XML.

XML Schema:

The schema and examples do not explicitly show the lines that set the namespaces.

All schema examples will use xsd: as the namespace for the schema tags and datatypes, and null for all the locally generated namespaces.

XML Examples will exclude namespace modifiers for clarity. Actual XML will probably need namespaces.

<xsd:complexType name="quantityType">
  <xsd:simpleContent>
    <xsd:extension base="xsd:double">
      <xsd:attribute name="unit" type="xsd:uriReference" use="required"/>
    </xsd:extension>
  </xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>

Sample Usage Schema:

<xsd:element name="someValue" type="quantityType"/>

Sample XML:

   <someValue uom="#m">27762.335</someValue>