Prevent Empty Elements in XML via XSD

Question

I\'m working on an XSD file and when validating an XML file with it I want to restrict empty elements. Eg.,

this is not empty

Answer 1

You can have minOccurs="0" to require the tag, then have a validation regex that checks for one or more characters.

Answer 2

You can do something like

<xs:simpleType name="myString">
  <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
     <xs:minLength value="1"/>
  </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>

<xs:element name="root" type="myString"></xs:element>

However that will still match on <root> </root> but you could use a regex restriction to change that if it is an issue.