Re: Multiple <import> into same namespace?

I wonder whether we should open an issue leading to a clarification of the
rules in the Recommendation.  I.e. multiple <import>s for same NS are
allowed but redundant except insofar as they carry schemaLocations.   I
think the processor has complete discretion in using schemaLocation, but
should we signal common behavior (after all, that's what having the hint is
in the first place)?

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                      ht@cogsci.ed.ac.u                                                                                                
                      k (Henry S.               To:      Simon.Cox@csiro.au                                                            
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Simon.Cox@csiro.au writes:

> A schema-factoring question.
>
> Is it OK to have more than one <import > with
> the same value for the namespace, but different
> values of the schemaLocation?
>
> The behaviour of processors in repsonse
> to schemaLocation hints is not well defined.
> So how should one to respond to being told to
> look in two places for components in a single namespace?
> I'd like it to construct a union of the components.
> Is this a reasonable assumption?

XSV will ignore all xs:imports with the same namespace after the
first successful one, as the REC allows it to.

The safe way to do what you want is to define a stub schema document
in the imported namespace which consists of two (or more) xs:includes
of the documents you want, and then use _that_ schema doc as the
schemaLoc of a single xs:import.

ht
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