SchemaType

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01/07/2013

Applies To: System Center Service Manager 2010

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Contains a reusable schema definition type within a management pack.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  TypeDefinitions
    SchemaTypes
      SchemaType

Syntax

<SchemaType ID=”Company.Product.SchemaTypeID” Comment=”Comment” Accessibility=”Public/Internal”>
</SchemaType>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the SchemaType element.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
ID	Required attribute. Represents the identity of the element. To learn how to identify your element in a management pack, see Element Identity and Namespace Conventions.
Comment	Optional attribute. Represents commentary by the management pack author.
Accessibility	Required attribute. Defines the visibility of the schema type.

Accessibility Attribute

Value	Description
Public	Indicates that this schema type is visible to external management packs for referencing.
Internal	Indicates that external management packs cannot reference this schema type.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
SchemaTypes	Contains reusable schema definitions types within a management pack.

Text Value

The SchemaType element contains a reusable XML schema definition for use in many management pack elements such as ModuleTypes or MonitorType definitions. The content of a SchemaType element must follow standard XML schema guidelines. For more information regarding XML schemas, see Understanding XML Schema.

Remarks

Example

In the following sample, a SchemaTypes element contains the definition of a schema that models a workflow foundation write action. This schema definition can be found in the Microsoft.SystemCenter.WorkflowFoundation.Library management pack.

<SchemaTypes>
  <SchemaType ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.WorkflowFoundation.WorkflowFoundationWriteActionSchema" Comment="Scheme for the WorkflowFoundationWriteActionModule" Accessibility="Public">
    <xsd:simpleType name="RetryDelaySecondsType">
      <xsd:restriction base="xsd:nonNegativeInteger">
        <xsd:minInclusive fixed="true" value="10" />
      </xsd:restriction>
    </xsd:simpleType>
    <xsd:simpleType name="MaximumRunningTimeSecondsType">
      <xsd:restriction base="xsd:nonNegativeInteger">
        <xsd:minInclusive fixed="true" value="60" />
      </xsd:restriction>
    </xsd:simpleType>
  </SchemaType>
</SchemaTypes>

In the following sample, a DataSourceModuleType element references the Microsoft.Windows.RegistryAttributeDefinitionsSchema schema type defined above.

<DataSourceModuleType ID="Microsoft.Windows.RegistryProvider" Accessibility="Public">
  <Configuration>
    <IncludeSchemaTypes>
      <SchemaType>Microsoft.Windows.RegistryAttributeDefinitionsSchema</SchemaType>
    </IncludeSchemaTypes>
    <xsd:element name="ComputerName" type="xsd:string"/>
    <xsd:element name="RegistryAttributeDefinitions" type="RegistryAttributeDefinitionsType"/>
    <xsd:element name="Frequency" type="xsd:unsignedInt"/>
  </Configuration>
  …
</DataSourceModuleType>

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