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

I don't recall any such decision, and it's rather antithetical to the
language of the specification, as it now stands.  I can't think of any
reason why one would want to have only one, for that matter.

Amy!
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:02:15 +0600
Sanjiva Weerawarana <sanjiva@watson.ibm.com> wrote:

> 
> Didn't we discuss this a while back and say only *1* schema within
> <types>?? Or maybe that WSI BP that does that?
> 
> Sanjiva.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arthur Ryman" <ryman@ca.ibm.com>
> To: "Martin Gudgin" <mgudgin@microsoft.com>
> Cc: "Lawrence Mandel" <lmandel@ca.ibm.com>; <www-ws-desc@w3.org>;
> <www-ws-desc-request@w3.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 7:56 PM
> Subject: 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>
> > Sent by: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org
> > 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
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org
> > > [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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 


-- 
Amelia A. Lewis
Architect, TIBCO/Extensibility, Inc.
alewis@tibco.com

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