Hi folks,
I downloaded the binary version of Xerces C++ 2.7.0 for Windows and am
using it to help me get up to speed with XML and XML Schema. So please
excuse me if this is a "novice" question.
In the "samples/data" directory of Xerces, I ran the following command
for all the files:
DOMPrint -n -s -f -v=always <filename>
The above command worked for the two ".xml" files. So far, so good.
The above command failed for the ".dtd" files. This is fine because a
".dtd" file is *not* in XML format.
What confuses me is that the above command failed for the ".xsd" file.
The file is well formed, as I can see if I run DOMPrint on it *without*
the schema validation options. However, when I use the schema
validation options then DOMPrint complains about 128 validity errors.
(I won't bother including the ".xsd" file or a printout of the validity
errors here because it is trivial to reproduce the issue with an
installation of Xerces.)
This issue surprises me because I was expecting to be able to use a
validating parser (such as Xerces) to validate schemas as well as
schema instances.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a mistake in the ".xsd" document?
Is there a bug or limitation in Xerces?
Regards,
Ciaran.
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Ciaran McHale, Ph.D. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Principal Consultant Tel: +44-7866-416-134 (mobile)
IONA Technologies, UK WWW: www.iona.com
