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Important
Device metadata is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Windows. For information about the replacement for this functionality, see Driver Package Container Metadata.
The DeviceInfo element is the parent element of the DeviceInfo XML schema. The child elements of the DeviceInfo element define the attributes of the device specified within the device metadata package.
Usage
<DeviceInfo>
child elements
</DeviceInfo>
Attributes
There are no attributes.
Child elements
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| DeviceCategoryList | This element specifies the primary function of the device. |
| DeviceDescription1 | This element specifies the descriptive information about the device. |
| DeviceDescription2 | This element serves the same purpose as Device Description 1 and is used to provide additional descriptive information about the device. |
| DeviceIconFile | This element is a string specifying the name of the device icon file in the device metadata package. |
| Manufacturer | This element specifies the name of the device manufacturer. |
| ModelName | This element specifies the model name of number of the device. |
| ModelNumber | This element specifies the model number of the device as defined by the manufacturer. |
Child element sequence
(
DeviceCategoryList,
ModelName,
DeviceDescription1,
DeviceDescription2,
ModelNumber,
Manufacturer,
DeviceIconFile
)
Parent elements
There are no parent elements.
XSD
<xs:element name="DeviceInfo" type="tns:DeviceInfoType" />
<xs:complexType name="DeviceInfoType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="DeviceCategoryList" type="tns:DeviceCategoryListType" />
<xs:element name="ModelName" type="tns:ModelNameType" />
<xs:element name="DeviceDescription1" type="tns:DeviceDescriptionType" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="DeviceDescription2" type="tns:DeviceDescriptionType" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="ModelNumber" type ="tns:GenericNameType" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Manufacturer" type="tns:GenericNameType" />
<xs:element name="DeviceIconFile" type="tns:DeviceIconFileType" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:any namespace="##other" processContents="lax" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
Remarks
The DeviceInfo element must contain one instance of the following elements:
The DeviceInfo element can also contain one instance of the following elements:
The DeviceInfo element is required.