Regulations Schema

Part

part

The part element describes the part of a regulation. It consists of the following elements:

1. zero or one tableOfContents elements that describe the table of contents within the part
2. content, an element which consists of the following sub-elements:
   1. zero or more subpart elements
   2. zero or more appendix elements
   3. zero or more interpretation elements

View schema code

<complexType name="Part">
	<sequence>
		<choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
			<element name="tableOfContents" type="tns:TableOfContents"></element>
		</choice>
		<element name="content">
			<complexType>
				<sequence>
					<choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
						<element ref="tns:subpart"></element>
						<element ref="tns:appendix"></element>
						<element ref="tns:interpretations"></element>
					</choice>
				</sequence>
			</complexType>
		</element>
	</sequence>
	<attribute name="partNumber" type="int" use="required"></attribute>
</complexType>

subpart

The subpart type describes a subpart to a regulation. It consists of the following elements:

1. zero or one title elements, a string giving the subpart title
2. zero or one tableOfContent elements, which describe the table of contents in the subpart
3. at least one partContents elements.

In addition, subpart contains the following attributes:

1. subpartLetter, a string identifying the letter of this subpart

View schema code

<complexType name="Subpart">
	<sequence>
		<choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
			<element name="title" type="string"></element>
		</choice>
		<choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
			<element name="tableOfContents" type="tns:TableOfContents"></element>
		</choice>
		<choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
			<element name="content" type="tns:PartContents"></element>
		</choice>
	</sequence>
	<attribute name="subpartLetter" type="string"></attribute>
</complexType>

partContents

The partContents type defines the contents of a part of a regulation. It consists of the following elements:

1. zero or one auth elements. The auth element is a complex type consisting of the following elements:
   1. title, a string indicating issuing authority
   2. content, a string indicating where the issuing authority comes from
2. zero or more section elements
3. zero or more appendix elements

View schema code

<complexType name="PartContents">
  <sequence>
  <choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
    <element name="auth">
      <complexType>
        <sequence>
          <element name="title" type="string"></element>
          <element name="content" type="string"></element>
        </sequence>
      </complexType>
    </element>
  </choice>
  <choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <element ref="tns:section"></element>
  </choice>
  <choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <element ref="tns:appendix"></element>
  </choice>
</sequence>
</complexType>

section

The section element describes the contents of a section of regulation. It consists of the following elements:

1. subject, a string containing the title of the section
2. zero or more paragraph elements

The section element supports the following attributes:

1. sectionNum, an integer indicating the section number
2. label, a unique id by which the section can be referenced

<section sectionNum="1">
	<subject>Authority, purpose, and scope.</subject>
	<paragraph marker="a">
		<title>Authority.</title>
		<content>
			...
		</content>
	</paragraph>
</section>

View schema code

<complexType name="Section">
	<sequence>
		<element name="subject" type="string"></element>
		<choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
			<element name="reserved" type="string"></element>
			<element name="paragraph" type="tns:Paragraph"></element>
		</choice>
	</sequence>
	<attribute name="sectionNum" type="int" use="required"></attribute>
	<attribute name="label" type="string" use="required"></attribute>
</complexType>

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