The model element
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This element represents a form definition and is used as a container for elements that define the XForms Model. No restriction is placed on how many model elements may exist within a containing document.
Example
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<xf:model>
<xf:instance xmlns="">
<root>
<data />
</root>
</xf:instance>
<xf:submission id="send" method="post"
action="http://xformstest.org/cgi-bin/echo.sh" ref="."
serialization="multipart/form-data" />
</xf:model>
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Attributes
| Name | Required / optional | Description |
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| functions | optional | Space-separated list of XPath extension functions (represented by QNames) required by this XForms Model. |
| schema | optional | List of xsd:anyURI links to XML Schema documents outside this model element. |
| version | optional | Attribute with a default value of empty string and legal values defined by the datatype xforms:versionList. Examples are "1.0" and "1.0 1.1". |
| Common Attributes | optional | Any attribute from the Common Attributes collection (e.g. id). |
Content
Within an model element, the following child elements are allowed:
| Element Name | Required / optional | Description |
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| instance | optional | This element contains or references initial instance data. |
| xs:schema | optional | Inline schema definition. |
| submission | optional | The submission element represents declarative instructions on what to submit, and how. |
| bind | optional | This element selects a node-set from the instance data and encodes model item properties to be applied on this node-set. |
| Action element(s) | optional | Any element from the Action Elements Collection. |
| extension | optional | This element is a container for application-specific extension elements from any namespace other than the XForms namespace. |
Each of these elements are allowed zero, one or multiple times in any order.
Specification
Link to the XForms specification: the model element.