Re: Validating lax ANY content with W3C XML Schema validators

We ran across this inconsistency in parser handling as well.  Very
frustrating.  We ended up eliminating the processContents attribute
altogether.  Without it, one can predict what parsers will do, with it -
there is inconsistency.  This is a very useful feature that is not usable
because of this inconsistency.

BTW - we plan on dropping the "namespace=##other" as well in our extension
elements, as we found that some implementers wanted to put additional
HR-XML-defined components inside the ANY extension.  For example, say we
have a PostalAddress element defined in our namespace.  Some implementers
wanted an additional PostalAddress inside the extension (whether it was for
some legacy reason or missed at design time or some other reason).  In order
to do this, they would need to use the HR-XML defined PostalAddress in
another namespace in order to extend.  Not what we had in mind for sure.  So
we erred on the side of allowing the possibility of other "stuff" inside the
ANY extension in our namespace (although documented as not to be done)
rather than prevent HR-XML objects from being used in the extensions
(without a work around).

Paul Kiel
HR-XML


----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony B. Coates" <abcoates@londonmarketsystems.com>
To: <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:04 AM
Subject: Validating lax ANY content with W3C XML Schema validators


>
> This is an issue that came out of a discussion on the public "newsml"
list.
> NewsML has a "DataContent" element which can contain any non-NewsML
content,
> and the "xsd:any" validation is set to "lax".  Some NewsML users were
unclear
> how to add a Schema for the non-NewsML content, so I posted some examples
(270K
> ZIP file):
>
> http://www.londonmarketsystems.com/newsml/newml-embedded-content.zip
>
> In one of my examples, "invalidContent.xml", the "xsd:any" content has a
> Schema, and the content is intentionally invalid.  As I read the W3C XML
Schema
> spec, the "xsd:any" content should be validated using the Schema, and the
error
> should be flagged.  Turbo XML & XSV both flag the error as I would expect,
but
> XML Spy doesn't.  Xerces is ruled out because it ignores
> "xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation" if there is also an "xsi:schemaLocation",
and
> so it can't validate my examples correctly.
>
> Am I right in my expectation here, that lax "xsd:any" content should be
able to
> cause real validation errors whenever a Schema for that content can be
found?
>
> Cheers,
> Tony.
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