<element>

<type>

none

name

xsd:NCName

required

none

The name of the element. It must be unique within the parent <type>.

offset

xsd:nonNegativeInteger

required

none

The position of this element relative to the start of the containing <type>, in bytes.

size

xsd:positiveInteger

required

none

The storage size for the element, in bytes.

type

xsd:NCName

required

none

The data type of the element. Must be one of the build-in types or the name of a <type> element.

dependsOn

xsd:NCName

optional

none

If the element represents an array, the name of the element (contained within the same <type> as this element) that indicates the actual number of array occurrences at runtime.

minOccurs

xsd:positiveInteger

optional

1

If the element represents an array, the minimum number of occurrences. If the element represents a primitive type, indicates that the element is optional in the message.

maxOccurs

xsd:positiveInteger

optional

1

If the element represents an array, the maximum number of occurrences.

variableArray

xsd:integer

optional

0

Indicates whether the array is variable a variable length array. Valid values are "0" (no) and "1" (yes). This attribute is ignored if the element has not been declared as an array using the minOccurs/maxOccurs attributes.

stringPadding

xsd:token

optional

zeros

Controls the way elements of type string are treated. The default value is inherited from the containing <type> or the <server> whose request or reply type contains this element. Valid values are "zeros" and "spaces".

sizeIs

xsd:NCName

optional

none

The name of an element (contained within the same <type> as this element) that indicates the actual size of this element at runtime.

xsdType

xsd:NCName

optional

none

Indicates an alternate, standard XML schema type that should be used when serializing/deserializing this element to/from the SOAP envelope. If omitted, the SOAP envelope type is determined by the standard NSK/XSD type translation. A list of standard type translations can be found in 

.

encoding

xsd:NCName

optional

none

Indicates the character encoding that should be used when serializing/deserializing this element to/from the SOAP envelope. If omitted, the default encoding is the server's default encoding which is typically ISO-8859-1. This value may be altered by Server startup options. A list of available encoding names can be found in 

.

access

xsd:NCName

optional

public

Indicates whether or not the element will appear in the WSDL. Valid values are "public" or "private". A value of "public" will cause the element to appear in the WSDL and will be accessible to client applications. A value of "private" will cause the element to be omitted from the WSDL and will be inaccessible to client applications. Note that an element marked as "private" will still be initialized properly in the IPM and can still act as an initializer target.

 Although the default value of the attribute is "public", this default can be altered by the defaultAccess attribute of this element's parent <type> element.