---
title: "Element <properties>"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/psml/elements/element_properties.html
description: "PSML Element reference for <properties>"
last_updated: 2026-09-05T17:35:22+10:00
tokens: ~248
---

# \<properties\>

## Summary

The `<properties>` element contains only `<property>` elements.

## Usage context

| Element category | metadata |
| --- | --- |
| PSML level | portable |
| Permitted content | `<property>` |
| Permitted parent | `<metadata>` |
| HTML equivalent | no equivalent |
| OpenXML equivalent |  |

## Attributes

This element does not have any attributes.

## Examples

```xml

<properties>
  <property name="part-id" value="FY765A"/>
  <property name="part-category" value="Industrial"/>
</properties>
```

## Schema

#### XML Schema

```xml

<xs:element   name="properties">
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element ref="property"
                  minOccurs="0"
                  maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
```

#### Relax schema

```relax

element properties-fragment {
   element property*
}
```

## Compatibility

This element was introduced in PSML beta 10 and is supported from PageSeeder 5.9.