Re: trouble creating javax.xml.validation.Validator from locally cached version of XMLSchema.xsd from Michael Kay on 2011-01-04 (xmlschema-dev@w3.org from January 2011)

From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:09:05 +0000
To: Andy Davidson <andy_davidson@apple.com>
CC: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Message-ID: <4D239A81.5030907@saxonica.com>

On 04/01/2011 21:09, Andy Davidson wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to write a code generation tool that takes in XSD files as 
> input. The first thing I want to do is make sure the XSD input file is 
> valid.

The best way of validating a schema is to check that it's acceptable to 
a schema processor. This is a much more rigorous check than testing for 
validity against the schema-for-schemas, and it may also be faster.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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