"Marcus Wejderot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/13/2007 10:09:03 AM:
> I have an XML document that I suspect should not pass validation, but > does. I would very much appreciate some comments on this issue. The > document and schemas are included below. The <a/> element can include any > other element. The processContent attribute is set to "lax", meaning that > content is validated if a schema is found. Since a default schema is > specified, I believe that the <b/> and <c/> element should be validated > according to this schema. In this case, only the <b/> element should be > valid, but the document is considered valid! Is it something I have > missed, or is it a bug in Xerces? Not a bug. This is how lax [1] works. *If* a declaration is available the element must be valid with respect to it otherwise it's not strictly assessed [2]. The fact that you've provided a schema document for "http://b.com" isn't relevant. > Thanks, > Marcus > > > =================== a.xsd =================== > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <xs:schema targetNamespace="http://a.com" > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified"> > <xs:element name="a"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:complexContent> > <xs:restriction base="xs:anyType"> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:any namespace="##other" > processContents="lax" > minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:restriction> > </xs:complexContent> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > </xs:schema> > > =================== b.xsd ===================== > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <xs:schema targetNamespace="http://b.com" > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified"> > <xs:element name="b" type="xs:string"/> > </xs:schema> > > =================== a.xml ===================== > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <a:a xmlns:a="http://a.com" xmlns="http://b.com"> > <b/> > <c/> > </a:a> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#Wildcard_details [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#key-sva Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]