---
title: factionlookup - X4 schema type
summary: factionlookup: X4 attribute schema type: base types, constraints and value alternatives.
section: reference
kind: guide
status: reference
updated: 2026-10-27
tags: ["XSD","schema","types"]
sources: ["https://wiki.egosoft.com/X4%20Foundations%20Wiki/Modding%20Support/","https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/"]
---
## Meaning

factionlookup: X4 attribute schema type: base types, constraints and value alternatives.

An XSD type constrains XML, rather than declaring a Lua return or the payload type of event.param. A valid schema value does not prove a successful game effect.

## Schema structure

`libraries/common.xsd`

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Construction | `restriction` |
| Base type | [`xs:string`](wiki:schema-xs-string-d5652e9b) |

| Constraint | Value |
| --- | --- |
| `enumeration` | `alliance` |
| `enumeration` | `antigone` |
| `enumeration` | `argon` |
| `enumeration` | `boron` |
| `enumeration` | `buccaneers` |
| `enumeration` | `court` |
| `enumeration` | `civilian` |
| `enumeration` | `criminal` |
| `enumeration` | `freesplit` |
| `enumeration` | `hatikvah` |
| `enumeration` | `holyorder` |
| `enumeration` | `holyorderfanatic` |
| `enumeration` | `kaori` |
| `enumeration` | `khaak` |
| `enumeration` | `loanshark` |
| `enumeration` | `ministry` |
| `enumeration` | `ownerless` |
| `enumeration` | `paranid` |
| `enumeration` | `pioneers` |
| `enumeration` | `player` |
| `enumeration` | `scaleplate` |
| `enumeration` | `scavenger` |
| `enumeration` | `smuggler` |
| `enumeration` | `split` |
| `enumeration` | `teladi` |
| `enumeration` | `terran` |
| `enumeration` | `trinity` |
| `enumeration` | `yaki` |
| `enumeration` | `xenon` |

restriction narrows a base type; union accepts one of its branches; list describes whitespace-separated items. Enumeration values in one restriction are alternatives. Pattern syntax is XML Schema regex, not Lua patterns or JavaScript RegExp. Constraints inherited from the base type still apply.

## Example and result

Use the attribute pages below for contextual examples. A generic executable example is not inferred from a type name alone.

## Used by

| Element | Attribute | Schema |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [`pilot`](wiki:api-md-pilot-bf4d4c22) | `faction` | `libraries/gamestarts.xsd` |


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