Re: Redefinition of group, who's correct

Since oXygen allows a choice of schema processors, it would be useful to 
say which one you selected (or to try more than one).

It would also be useful to tell us what XMLSpy says is wrong - what is 
the error message?

Michael Kay
Saxonica

On 20/03/2013 17:56, Pierre Attar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem using group redefinitions and validating both with 
> XMLSpy (who complains) and Oxygen (who validates).
> My question : who is correct ? Where a I wrong ?
>
> Note: my schema are a lot more complex but I try to make a sample (non 
> realistic) in order to isolate my question.
>
> Here is the situation :
>
> base.xsd declares a group called essai :
> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
> xmlns="http://modeles.fr/modeles/reference" 
> targetNamespace="http://modeles.fr/modeles/reference" 
> elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
>     <xs:element name="ENTER_NAME_OF_ROOT_ELEMENT_HERE">
>         <xs:annotation>
>             <xs:documentation>Comment describing your root 
> element</xs:documentation>
>         </xs:annotation>
>     </xs:element>
>     <xs:group name="essai">
>         <xs:choice/>
>     </xs:group>
> </xs:schema>
>
>
> other.xsd only includes base.xsd
>
> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
> xmlns="http://modeles.fr/modeles/reference" 
> targetNamespace="http://modeles.fr/modeles/reference" 
> elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
>     <xs:include schemaLocation="base.xsd"/>
> </xs:schema>
>
>
> And now, redefine .xsd both redefine base.xsd and includes other.xsd
>
> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
> xmlns="http://modeles.fr/modeles/reference" 
> targetNamespace="http://modeles.fr/modeles/reference" 
> elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
>     <xs:redefine schemaLocation="base.xsd">
>         <xs:group name="essai">
>             <xs:choice>
>                 <xs:group ref="essai"/>
>                 <xs:element name="test"/>
>             </xs:choice>
>         </xs:group>
>     </xs:redefine>
>     <xs:include schemaLocation="other.xsd"/>
> </xs:schema>
>
>
> At this time, XML spy complains but not oxygen 14.2. If I remove the 
> include, no problem found.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Pierre
>
>
>

Received on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 19:05:58 UTC