- From: Andy Davidson <andy_davidson@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:20:21 -0800
- To: Piotr Sipika <piotreks@optonline.net>
- Cc: xml@gnome.org, xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Many thanks Piotr Happy Holidays Andy On Dec 15, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Piotr Sipika wrote: > Hi Andy, > >> I am setting up the xml schema namespace the same way eclipse does when >> you create a new XSD or XML file. I entered >> *http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance*in the address bar of my >> browsers and got quite a surprise! >> > The XML Namespace spec(1) states that the namespace URI need not be a > valid URL (i.e. point to a valid document on the network). In other > words, you are declaring your namespaces correctly. > >> http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#no-xsi is very confusing. > If you look at section 3.2.7 (first table) at that location, you'll see > that using 'xsi:type' is perfectly fine. > >> where does libxml get the schema lang schema/dtd? As a test I put some >> typos in my xsd file. libxml generated an error when I tried to validate >> the xsd file as expected? > You don't have to worry about libxml retrieving resources at namespace > locations, that does not happen. Only the actual URI string matters (as > per (1)). > >> what URL should I be using? >> >> Do I need to make a special call to cause the libxml to use this other >> location? > Nope, you're using the right URIs, no network access is necessary. > >> Would you be willing to send my your sample C program? > Sure thing (I should have done so in my original reply). > > [] to compile: > $ gcc `xml2-config --cflags --libs` zoo.c -o zoo > > [] sample run: > $ ./zoo zoo.xml ZooRequest.xsd > Attempting to validate zoo.xml with ZooRequest.xsd > Document in zoo.xml is valid > > [] contents of zoo.xml: > $ cat zoo.xml > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <zoo:cageRequest xmlns:zoo="http://www.example.org/Zoo" > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> > <animal xsi:type="zoo:Fish"> > <name>Blue Fin Tuna</name> > <numberOfFins>4</numberOfFins> > </animal> > </zoo:cageRequest> > > Hope you get things sorted out. > > Piotr > > > (1) - http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#ns-decl > <zoo.c>
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