Re: import in import and namespace

"Bruno Chatel" <bcha@chadocs.net> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I have the following schema :
> 
> s1.xsd : targetNameSpace ns1
>     importing s2.xsd with NameSpace ns2    
>         importing s3.xsd with NameSpace ns1 (the "main" targetNameSpace).
> 
> Is this modularization strategy allowed ? 

Yes.

> It seems that Xerces does not support this kind of schema.

In what sense, not support?  If it gives an error for the nested
import, that's a bug.  If it declines to take the s3.xsd hint, that's
not a bug.  XSV wouldn't either.

> Indeed, in the GrammarResolverImpl class, a schema is referenced by
> its NameSpace (and not its location), then s3.xsd is not imported
> because xerces considered that ns1 is previously processed (by
> s1.xsd).

That's allowed by the REC:  schemaLocation on import is a hint.

Why not include s3.xsd from s1.xsd?

ht
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