Let me see if I got this straight. You want that regardless of the namespace in the document, XmlBeans to consider it as having no namespace at all. If this is correct, I have to say I find it pretty strange. You can do two things: 1. Try using .setLoadUseXMLReader() and pass in a Reader that doesn't use namespaces 2. Write a SAX filter that strips the namespace before passing the events to XMLBeans; this is not as difficult as it may sound. I suppose that we could always add an option for XMLBeans to do this automatically; but first, is this a good characterization of what you had in mind? Radu
________________________________ From: Webber, David (NIH/OD) [C] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:01 AM To: user@xmlbeans.apache.org Subject: Accepting any URL on the default namespace declaration Just trying to puzzle out the XmlOptions for the Factory.parse - the FAQ and the Javadoc gives some parameters - but no guide to their usage / purpose. Not always clear from the name of the parameter. What I'm attempting to do is to have the namespace declaration URL be ##any - instead of enforced to be a specific URL value. E.g. <myxml xmlns="foobar.com/mustbe/this/that"> <test/> </myxml> Where the namespace URL is forced to match the value put in targetNamesSpace in the XSD that was used to generate the XMLBeans. I want to relax that check and allow any URL to be used for the default namespace. Thanks, David Webber http://drrw.net _______________________________________________________________________ Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it.