Project Index | Documentation | Relax NG | Sample XML File
The <world-factbook>
element contains a <country-list>
element.
The <country-list>
element contains one or more <country>
elements.
The <country>
element contains a <name>
element followed by a <profile>
element.
The <name>
element contains plain text.
The <profile>
element contains the following elements in order: an <introduction>
, a <geography>
, a <people>
, a <government>
, and an <economy>
. It must have a name
attribute and a unique code
attribute.
The <introduction>
element contains a <background>
element.
The <background>
element may contain text with inline elements and <p>
(paragraphs) element (see further description).
The <geography>
element contains a <location>
followed by, in any order, a <coordinates>
, an <area>
, a <climate>
and an optional <note>
.
The <location>
contains
plain text.
The <coordinates>
is an empty
element, which has two required attributes
latitude
and longitude
that specify
the coordinates as 0 00 to 359 99 followed by either N, S, E,
or W
The <area>
contains three elements:
<total>
, <land>
and
<water>
. Each must be in the form of
999,999,999 followed by either sq km
or sq
mile
.
The <climate>
may contain text with inline elements (see further description).
The optional <note>
may contain text with inline elements and <p>
(see further description).
The <people>
element contains these
elements: <population>
,
<age-structure>
,
<sex-ratio>
, <nationality>
,
<ethnic>
, <religions>
, and
<language>
The <population>
must be in
the form of 999,999,999.
The <age-structure>
element
contains three required elements:
<y0-14>
, <y15-64>
,
and <y65plus>
. Each must be in the form
of a decimal number under 100. And each has a
units
attribute with a value of %
sign.
The <sex-ratio>
is an empty
element with a total
attribute, which must
be in the form of a decimal number. It also has a
stat
attribute with a value of
male(s)/female
.
The <nationality>
element
contains plain text.
The <ethnic>
element may
contain text with list elements (see further
description).
The <religions>
element may
contain text with list elements (see further
description).
The <language>
element may
contain text with list elements (see further
description).
The <government>
element contains
a <name>
, a <type>
,
a <capital>
, an
<independence>
, and a <suffrage> element.
The <name>
has two required elements.
the <conventional-long>
name for the country,
and the <conventional-short>
name for the
country. Both of these elements contain text.
The <type>
describes the type
of government, and contains plain
text.
The <capital>
contains the name of
the country's capital as plain text.
The <independence>
contains a
<date>
element, which may contain three
elements: month, day, and year all in plain text.
The <suffrage>
element describes
the country's voting rights, and consists of plain
text.
The <economy>
element contains an
<overview>
followed by, in any order, a
<gdp>
, a <labor-force>
, an
<export>
, an <import>
, a
<currency>
, and an
<exchange-rates>
The <overview>
element may contain
text with inline elements and <p>
elements (see further description).
The <gdp>
element is an empty
element which has a required
amount
attribute which must be in the form of a $
sign followed by a number (either integer or decimal) as
$999,999.99. It also has a required units
attribute, which has a value of either million
or
billion
.
The <labor-force>
gives the number
of people in the labor force and must be a number in the
form of either 999,999,999 or 999.9, followed by the word
million
or billion
.
The <export>
and
<import>
elements are empty elements
which have a required
amount
attribute which must be in the form of a $
sign followed by a number (either integer or decimal) as
$999,999.99. It also has a required units
attribute, which have a value of either million
or
billion
.
The <currency>
element contains
plain text.
The <exchange-rate>
element must
be in the form of a decimal number. It also has a required
base
attribute with a value of
per US dollar
.
The inline elements are the <em>
and
<strong>
elements, which may contain text and other
inline elements.
The <p>
(paragraph) element may contain text with inline elements.
The list elements are the <ul>
and <li>
elements.
The <ul>
element may contain <li>
elements, and each <li>
element may contain text with inline elements.