- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 08 Oct 2001 20:53:13 +0100
- To: Brian Atkins <brian_atkins@firehunter.com>
- Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Brian Atkins <brian_atkins@firehunter.com> writes: > If the form for local element is unqualified, what namespace, if any, > to they belong to? If they do not belong to the targetNamespace of > the schema, how do they participate in validation? The same namespace that unprefixed attributes belong to :-). That is, I like to say, they are _associated_ with the namespace of their parent, but they're not directly in it. > I am also confused about the relationship between scope and namespace. > Consider the following schema: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <xs:schema targetNamespace='http://www.test.com/test' > xmlns='http://www.test.com/test' > xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' > elementFormDefault='unqualified'> > > <xs:element name="test" type="mytype"/> > > <xs:complexType name="mytype"> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:element name="spam" type="xs:string"/> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:complexType> > > </xs:schema> > What namespace is the element "spam" in? I know it's in the scope of the > type "mytype" in the targetNamespace. Outside the schema itself (in > instance documents or stylesheets, for example), complex types and, > specifically, 'mytype' are not relevant. How is this "spam" element, > in this type, in this namespace, uniquely identified? Point is, it can't be more uniquely identified than by specifying its scope, because their could be _another_ local <spam> within a distinct complex type definition. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/
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