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| <title>Adding a global attribute</title> |
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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Adding global attributes</h1> |
| <div><p>A global attribute is an attribute that can be recognized anywhere in a |
| document. Once declared, a global attribute can be referenced in one or more |
| declarations using an attribute reference.</p><div class="skipspace"><p>The |
| following instructions were written for the Resource perspective, but |
| they will also work in many other perspectives.</p> |
| <p>To add a global |
| attribute, follow these steps:</p> |
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| <ol><li class="skipspace"><span>Open your XML schema in the XML schema editor.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the Outline view, select your schema.</span> The entire |
| schema and its contents should be displayed in the Graph view.</li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the Graph view, right click in the <b>Attributes</b> section |
| and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add Global Attribute</span>.</b></span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the Properties view, type the attribute <b> <span class="uicontrol">Name</span></b>.</span> </li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click the <b>More</b> button next to the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Type</span></b> field |
| to launch the Set Types dialog.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Select the type you want in the type |
| list, then click <b> <span class="uicontrol">OK</span></b>. </span>The Set Type dialog lists all built-in and user-defined types currently |
| available. You can change the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Scope</span></b> of the list by |
| selecting one of the following options:<ul><li><b><span class="uicontrol">Workspace</span></b>. Lists all of the types available in |
| your workspace. </li> |
| <li><b><span class="uicontrol">Enclosing Project</span>.</b> Lists all of the types available |
| in the project that contains your file. </li> |
| <li>(Default) <b> <span class="uicontrol">Current Resource</span>.</b> List all of the types |
| available in your current file.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Documentation</span></b> tab if you want |
| to provide any information about this global attribute.</span> The <span class="uicontrol">Documentation</span> page is used for human readable |
| material, such as a description, and the <span class="uicontrol">App Info</span> |
| page can be used to provide information for applications.</li> |
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