- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Oct 2000 08:52:24 +0100
- To: Mike_Leditschke@nemmco.com.au
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Mike_Leditschke@nemmco.com.au writes:
> I am attempting to build a number of XML schemas using the
> http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema version of the spec. I am using
> XMLSpy which is reporting errors on XML that looks valid to me.
>
> I would appreciate an indication as to whether or not the errors are
> legitimate.
>
>
> Problems
>
> 1. The XML below gets the message below when validation is attempted.
>
> "We are sorry, but the elements that have the same name but different types
> functionality is not yet implemented in this version".
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!-- edited with XML Spy v3.0.7 NT (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Michael
> Leditschke (NEMMCO) -->
> <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema">
> <complexType name="a">
> <element name="c" type="string"/>
> </complexType>
> <complexType name="b">
> <element name="c" type="decimal"/>
> </complexType>
> </schema>
>
> The two c elements are part of different type definitions and should be
> locally scoped and hence happily have different types. Yes/No?
That looks OK to me. Have you tried the April version of xsv [1] ?
> 4. The XML below gets the message below when validation is attempted
>
> "DTD/Schema error - element 'd' already defined" (the second definition is
> highlighted).
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!-- edited with XML Spy v3.0.7 NT (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Michael
> Leditschke (NEMMCO) -->
> <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema">
> <complexType name="a">
> <element name="d">
> <simpleType base="string">
> <length value="5"/>
> </simpleType>
> </element>
> </complexType>
> <complexType name="b">
> <element name="d">
> <simpleType base="string">
> <length value="5"/>
> </simpleType>
> </element>
> </complexType>
> </schema>
>
> This situation is very similar to the previous one except that rather than
> using an
> inbuilt type, I'm using an anonymous type definition. Again, the two 'd'
> elements
> are part of different type definitions and should be locally scoped.
> What have I done this time?
As above -- looks OK to me, but as it stands there's no way any
instance would get validated at all, as there are no top-level element
definitions . . .
ht
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