RE: Composition by extension in namespaced schema

For some strange reason which I've never understood, local element
declarations (i.e. <element name="x"/> within a complex type) default to
being in no namespace, rather than defaulting to the target namespace of the
schema. Most people change this default by adding

elementFormDefault="qualified"

to the xs:schema element.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Gavin Kistner
> Sent: 14 March 2008 20:35
> To: Michael Kay
> Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Composition by extension in namespaced schema
> 
> 
> On Friday, March 14, 2008, at 12:24PM, "Michael Kay" 
> <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
> >> I need to use a targetNamespace (or is it an xmlns?) in my 
> schema so 
> >> that I can validate other files without having to add 
> >> noNamespaceSchemaLocation to those files. Can someone help me 
> >> understand the core issue here, and (especially) how to modify the 
> >> file to accomplish the goal?
> 
> >The type is in a namespace, so the reference to it needs to 
> be prefixed:
> >
> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xs:schema 
> >> xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> >> targetNamespace="http://www.foo.com/"
> >  xmlns:tgt="http://www.foo.com/">
> >>   <xs:complexType name="mammal" />
> >>   <xs:element name="dog">
> >>     <xs:complexType><xs:complexContent>
> >>     	<xs:extension base="tgt:mammal" />
> >>     </xs:complexContent></xs:complexType>
> >>   </xs:element>
> >> </xs:schema>
> 
> Thank you again; that (oh so simple, and now understandable, 
> change) fixed the validation of the XSD itself. However, when 
> I try to validate an XML document against this schema, I get 
> a new (confusingly-reported) error:
> 
> <!-- foo.xsd -->
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
> targetNamespace="http://www.foo.com" xmlns:foo="http://www.foo.com">
>   <xs:element name="root">
>     <xs:complexType>
>       <xs:sequence>
>         <xs:element ref="foo:native"/>
>         <xs:element 
> name="bjork"><xs:simpleType><xs:restriction base="xs:string" 
> /></xs:simpleType></xs:element>
>       </xs:sequence>
>     </xs:complexType>
>   </xs:element>
>   <xs:element name="native"/>
> </xs:schema>
> 
> <!-- test.xml -->
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <root xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.foo.com foo.xsd" 
> xmlns="http://www.foo.com">
>   <native />
>   <bjork>Hello There</bjork>
> </root>
> 
> <!--
>   SystemID: E:\test.xml
>   Location: 6:4
>   Description: cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was 
> found starting with element 'bjork'. One of '{bjork}' is expected.
>   URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#cvc-complex-type
> -->
> 
> 
> As shown above, the 'native' element in the sequence works 
> with the namespace, but the inline element does not. Is this 
> a true validation error, or is this a bug in the validator 
> that I need to work around by just moving all elements to be 
> defined at the top level?
> 
>

Received on Friday, 14 March 2008 21:05:53 UTC