RE: Can one inline schema import definitions from a second inline schema?

Gudge,

I agree to some extent, but AFAIK, WSDL is the only application that 
inlines <schema>. I think the XSD spec assumes you have a single <schema> 
per document, i.e. <schema> is the root element. So processing not one, 
but two or more inline schemas is a bit of a shock for your typical XSD 
processor. So probably the "reasonable" behavior you describe is 
undefined.

I think it would promote interoperability if the WSDL 1.2 was clear on 
this point, one way or the other. From your response, I assume you would 
support the use of more than one inline <schema> in the <types> element.

Arthur Ryman




"Martin Gudgin" <mgudgin@microsoft.com>
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10/17/2003 06:17 AM

 
        To:     Lawrence Mandel/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA, <www-ws-desc@w3.org>
        cc: 
        Subject:        RE: Can one inline schema import definitions from a second inline schema?




To be frank, I think this has very little to do with WSDL. It is
perfectly coherent for a schema processor, on encountering <xsd:import
namespace='http://namespace1' /> to say to itself, ah, I have a schema
for that namespace, I'll use that here. Likewise, when it encounters
<xsd:import namespace='http://namespace2' /> it would say, ah, not seen
that namespace yet, I'll wait and see what happens.

Gudge

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> [mailto:www-ws-desc-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Mandel
> Sent: 16 October 2003 23:19
> To: www-ws-desc@w3.org
> Subject: Can one inline schema import definitions from a 
> second inline schema?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We have customers that do the following in WSDL 1.1:
> 
> <types>
>  <schema targetNamespace="http://namespace1" xmlns= 
> "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:two="http://namespace2">
>    <import namespace="http://namespace2"/>
>    <complexType name="myComplexType">
>     <sequence>
>      <element name="myElement" type="two:B"/>
>     </sequence>
>    </complexType>
>    <complexType name="A">
>     <sequence>
>      <element name="elementA" type="xsd:string"/>
>     </sequence>
>    </complexType>
>   </schema>
>   <schema targetNamespace="http://namespace2" xmlns= 
> "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:one="http://namespace1">
>    <import namespace="http://namespace1"/>
>    <complexType name="myComplexType">
>     <sequence>
>      <element name="myElement" type="one:A"/>
>     </sequence>
>    </complexType>
>    <complexType name="B">
>     <sequence>
>      <element name="elementB" type="xsd:string"/>
>     </sequence>
>    </complexType>
>   </schema>
> </types>
> 
> The customers say that this is not explicitly forbidden by 
> the WSDL 1.1 specification and I can't find anything that 
> forbids this in the WSDL 1.1 specification.  However, there 
> is nothing in the WSDL 1.1 specification that states how to 
> import a schema defined in the same types section but with a 
> different namespace.
> 
> Is this allowed according to the WSDL 1.2 specification?  If 
> so, what is the correct way to import one inline schema into another?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lawrence Mandel
> 
> Software Developer
> WebSphere Studio Application Developer - XML Tools
> Phone: 905 - 413 - 3814   Fax: 905 - 413 - 4920
> lmandel@ca.ibm.com
> 
> 
>