Index to XML Element Definitions for Types of Work Items

By using the index of elements in this topic, you can look up the syntax structure and find examples of how to use each element of the schema type definition for work item tracking. Elements are organized alphabetically and by the following four major groups:

• WITD: The root element of the definition schema for types of work items.

• FIELD (Definition): You use this element and its child elements to define a work item field and to specify the rules and conditions that apply to it. For more information, see Defining Work Item Fields.

• WORKFLOW: You use this element and its child elements to define the states, transitions, and reasons that compose the workflow of a type of work item. In addition to the following elements, you can use most of the elements listed under FIELD Definition Elements later in this topic to reference a field and apply conditions to it when a user changes its state. For more information, see Designing the Workflow.

• FORM: You use this element and its child elements to specify the fields that appear on the work item form and the layout or design of the form. For more information, see Designing the Layout of the Work Item Form.

In this topic

• Alphabetical Index

• WITD, FIELD, WORKFLOW, and FORM Index of Elements

• Schema Definition for Work Item Tracking

Alphabetical Index

Note

The schema definition for work item tracking defines all child elements of the FORM element as camel-case and all other elements as all capitalized. If you encounter errors when validating your type definition files, check the case structure of your elements. Also, the case structure of opening and closing tags must match according to the rules for XML syntax.

ACTION ACTIONS ALLOWEDVALUES ALLOWEXISTINGVALUE CANNOTLOSEVALUE Column Content Control COPY DEFAULT DEFAULTREASON DESCRIPTION EMPTY ExternalLinkFilters

FIELD (Definition) Filter FORM FROZEN GLOBALISTS Group LabelText Layout Link (Label Text) Link (Hyperlink) Link (Web page) LinkColumn LinkColumns LinksControlOptions LISTITEM (Global Lists) LISTITEM (Pick Lists)

MATCH NOTSAMEAS Param PROHIBITEDVALUES READONLY REASON REASONS REQUIRED SERVERDEFAULT Splitter STATE STATES SUGGESTEDVALUES

Tab TabGroup Text TRANSITION TRANSITIONS VALIDUSER WebpageControlOptions WHEN WHENCHANGED, WHENNOTCHANGED WHENNOT WHENNOTCHANGED WITD WORKFLOW WorkItemLinkFilters WorkItemTypeFilters WORKITEMTYPE

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WITD, FIELD, WORKFLOW, and FORM Index of Elements

The following tables provides an index to the reference topics for all child elements of the parent container element. Also, you can access the topic that provides detailed information and examples for each child element.

WITD	FIELD	WORKFLOW	FORM
All WITD XML Elements Reference	All FIELD XML Elements Reference	All WORKFLOW XML Elements Reference	All FORM XML Elements Reference
DESCRIPTION FIELDS (Definition) FORM GLOBALISTS WITD WORKFLOW WORKITEMTYPE	ALLOWEDVALUES ALLOWEXISTINGVALUE CANNOTLOSEVALUE COPY DEFAULT EMPTY FIELD (Definition) FROZEN HELPTEXT GLOBALISTS LISTITEM (Global Lists) LISTITEM (Pick Lists) MATCH NOTSAMEAS PROHIBITEDVALUES READONLY REQUIRED SERVERDEFAULT SUGGESTEDVALUES VALIDUSER WHEN WHENNOT WHENCHANGED WHENNOTCHANGED	ACTION ACTIONS DEFAULTREASON FIELD (Workflow) FIELDS (Workflow) REASON REASONS STATE STATES TRANSITION TRANSITIONS WORKFLOW	Column Content Control ExternalLinkFilters Filter FORM Group LabelText Layout Link (Label Text) Link (Hyperlink) Link (Web page) LinkColumn LinkColumns LinksControlOptions Param Splitter Tab TabGroup Text WebpageControlOptions WorkItemLinkFilters WorkItemTypeFilters

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Schema Definition for Work Item Tracking

You can download the schema files for defining types of work items from the following page on the Microsoft website: Process Template and Work Item Schemas for Visual Studio Team Foundation. For more information about how to use the schema files, see the following page on the Microsoft website: Using the Schemas to Edit Work Item Types and Process Templates for Team Foundation in Visual Studio.

See Also

Concepts

Work Item Type Definition Localization and Globalization

Determining the Scope of Your Customization Requirements

All WITD XML Elements Reference

Customizing Project Tracking Data, Forms, Workflow, and Other Objects

Change History

Date	History	Reason
January 2011	Revised to provide an index to all elements that you can use to define types of work item. Removed links to topics that are no longer supported.	Information enhancement.