Each node of the XML schema is of a specified type. For details on XML data types, visit the following URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-2-20010502/.

In API Reference, a node can be of a simple or a complex type. If the type of the node is complex and has a name, the name of the type is followed by a file name. The file name specifies the file where the type is located. If the type is not named, it is called complex in the reference. If the type is simple, it can be a standard type or its modification. A list of standard simple types is presented in the following table.

Type Definition Examples
string Sequence of 1..255 characters mytext, a, ppp
short Integer numbers from -2^15 to 2^15-1 * -167, 2880, 310
integer Integer numbers from -2^31 to 2^31-1 -16007, 211880, 310010
unsignedInt Integer numbers from 0 to 2^32-1 1670031, 3321455232
unsignedLong Integer numbers from 0 to 2^64-1 44322344432
long Integer numbers from -2^63 to 2^63-1 184467440737095516
base64 Base64-encoded arbitrary binary data GTrRddxXRGgh==
boolean Binary-valued logic legal literals true, false, 1, 0
byte Integer numbers from -128 to 127 1, 0, 126, 100
date Calendar date. Format YYYY-MM-DD May the 31st, 1999 is: 1999-05-31
dateTime Specific instant of time. ISO 8601 extended format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss

1:20 pm on May the 31st, 1999 for Eastern Standard Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) looks as follows:

1999-05-31T13:20:00-05:00
none Nodes of this type do not contain any data (so-called blank nodes)  
anySimple Any simple type except none 123, mytext, example123string

* - the number y^n is the number y raised to the n-th power.