Numeric Data Types for Schemas

XML Schema Built-In Numeric Simple Types
Name Type Examples
float IEEE 754 32-bit floating point number -INF, -1E4, -0, 0, 12.78E-2, 12, INF, NaN
double IEEE 754 64-bit floating point number -INF, 1.401E-90, -1E4, -0, 0, 12.78E-2, 12, INF, NaN, 3.4E42
decimal arbitrary precision, decimal numbers -2.7E400, 5.7E-444, -3.1415292, 0, 7.8, 90200.76, 3.4E1024
integer an arbitrarily large or small integer -500000000000000000000000, -9223372036854775809, -126789, -1, 0, 1, 5, 23, 42, 126789, 9223372036854775808, 456734987324983264987362495809587095720978
nonPositiveInteger an integer less than or equal to zero 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, ...
negativeInteger an integer strictly less than zero -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, ...
long an eight-byte two's complement integer such as Java's long type -9223372036854775808, -12678967543233, -1, 9223372036854775807
int an integer that can be represented as a four-byte, two's complement number such as Java's int type -2147483648, -1, 0, 1, 5, 23, 42, 2147483647
short an integer that can be represented as a two-byte, two's complement number such as Java's short type -32768, -1, 0, 1, 5, 23, 42, 32767
byte an integer that can be represented as a one-byte, two's complement number such as Java's byte type -128, -1, 0, 1, 5, 23, 42, 127
nonNegativeInteger an integer greater than or equal to zero 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...
unsignedLong an eight-byte unsigned integer 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...18446744073709551614, 18446744073709551615
unsignedInt a four-byte unsigned integer 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...4294967294, 4294967295
unsignedShort a two-byte unsigned integer 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...65534, 65535
unsignedByte a one-byte unsigned integer 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...254, 255
positiveInteger an integer strictly greater than zero 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...

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