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

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Gudge 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amelia A. Lewis [mailto:alewis@tibco.com] 
> Sent: 17 October 2003 16:09
> To: Sanjiva Weerawarana
> Cc: Martin Gudgin; ryman@ca.ibm.com; lmandel@ca.ibm.com; 
> www-ws-desc@w3.org; www-ws-desc-request@w3.org
> Subject: 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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