# XML Schema Documentation

### Complex Type: DayCountFraction

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Super-types: | xsd:normalizedString < Scheme (by restriction) < DayCountFraction (by extension)
Sub-types: | None

Name | DayCountFraction
Abstract | no
Documentation | The specification for how the number of days between two dates is calculated for purposes of calculation of a fixed or floating payment amount and the basis for how many days are assumed to be in a year. Day Count Fraction is an ISDA term. The equivalent AFB (Association Francaise de Banques) term is Calculation Basis.

XML Instance Representation
<...
dayCountFractionScheme=" xsd:anyURI [0..1]">
Scheme
</...>
Diagram
Schema Component Representation
<xsd:complexType name="DayCountFraction">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base=" Scheme ">
<xsd:attribute name="dayCountFractionScheme" type=" xsd:anyURI " default="http://www.fpml.org/coding-scheme/day-count-fraction"/>
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>