XML Schema Problem

[Wee]

I'm creating an XML document covering one of the groups in the Champoins League, and using a Schema to make sure it's valid and what not.

It's almost done, but I've hit a snag. I have a complex element, called goals, that contains another element, called scorer. It looks like this:

<goals>
   <scrorer number="1" time="62mins" team="Manchester United">Wayne Rooney</scrorer>
</goals>

My problem is that a game may finish 0 - 0, resulting in no goals, meaning that the scorer element won't be needed. Is there anyway in the Schema (or any other way) to take this into consideration?

Cheers.

 

[Wee]

This is my first go at XML, so bare with me as I'm not totally sure what you mean.

Does the <goal/> mean it will become an empty element? And if so, where does the scorer element fit into all of this?

 

[Wee]

Ah, got'cha.

So all the data for the element <scorer>, now that it is becoming an empty element, will need to be an attribute? Like so:

<goal>
<scorer number="1" time="62mins" player="Wayne Rooney" team="Manchester United"/>
</goal>

 

[Wee]

Ah, it just clicked. Big thanks for your help Sic, much appreciated.