- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Jun 2003 16:34:30 +0100
- To: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>
- Cc: "Neil Bradley" <Neil.Bradley@rubus.com>, xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com> writes: > Hi Neil, > > > The issue has been discussed before, but without a satisfactory > > answer. > > > > <doc xmlns="DOC_NAMESPACE"> > > <X:fragment xmlns:X="FRAGMENT_NAMESPACE"> > > <unprefixed>???</unprefixed> > > </X:fragment> > > </doc> > > > > How does an XML Schema processor attempt to validate the > > <unprefixed> element, as: > > 1) a possible local element to the <fragment> element? > > 2) a possible global element belonging to the default namespace? > > 3) both (but if so, in what order)? > > Since the <unprefixed> element does not have a prefix, it is in the > default namespace. The default namespace that is in-scope at the > <unprefixed> element is the DOC_NAMESPACE. Therefore the schema > validator should validate the <unprefixed> element against the element > declaration for the {DOC_NAMESPACE}unprefixed element, which will be a > top-level (global) declaration. Or it will be a local element declaration with qualified="true" either directly or by default. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh Half-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/ [mail really from me _always_ has this .sig -- mail without it is forged spam]
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