variant Element

`variant` Element
	Topic Map Fragment XML Schema

`variant` Element

This element conveys all of the information relating to a single topic variant name. The element has the following syntax:

<tm:variant oid="OID">
  <tm:sourceLocators>
    <tm:locator href="URI"/>
  </tm:sourceLocators>
  <tm:namestring> STRING </tm:namestring>
  <tm:resource href="URI"/>
  <tm:scope> ... </tm:scope>
</tm:variant>

tm:variant/@oid: Contains the unique object identifier of the variant name. This attribute is OPTIONAL. It may be omitted when creating a new variant name on a topic.
tm:variant/tm:sourceLocators: Contains a list of the source locators for this variant name.
tm:variant/tm:sourceLocators/tm:locator/@href: Contains a single source locator URI for this variant name.
tm:variant/tm:namestring: Contains the string value for this variant name. This element is OPTIONAL.
tm:variant/tm:resource: Specifies the resource locator for this variant name. This element is OPTIONAL.
tm:variant/tm:resource/@href: Contains the resource locator URI for this variant name. This attribute is REQUIRED.
tm:variant/tm:scope: Specifies the scope for this variant name. This element is OPTIONAL.


`name` Element		`occurrence` Element