----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sizer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: RE: More validating schema problems... A question, not an answer
> Sandy (et al), > > I've been out of touch with XML for a couple years (remember back when there > were no schemas and namespaces?). > > Basically, you're saying that the schema against which the XML instance is > validated and the namespace in which that instance exists are independent > unless you specify a targetNamespace in the schema, in which case the > instance must use that namespace. Right? > > BTW: Is it just me or does anyone else find it odd that XML schema is used > to validate existing XML "instances" (a.k.a. documents) and everywhere else > on the planet schema is used to create instances? (although I suppose an > argument could be made that an SQL UPDATE statement is validated against the > database schema before it is executed.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 2:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: More validating schema problems... > > > > Hi Pete, > > In your schema file, you specified a targetNamespace, so in your instance > document, you should tell the parser that your element is from that > namespace. Change your instance document to the following should solve the > problem: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <test xmlns="http://localhost"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://localhost test.xsd"> > </test> > > Cheers, > Sandy Gao > Software Developer, IBM Canada > (1-416) 448-3255 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > .com To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > > 04/04/2001 Subject: More validating schema > problems... > 02:26 PM > > Please respond > > to > > xerces-j-user > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > I was looking through the recent schema validating posts, but didn't see a > complete resolution to the issues, or at least a resolution to the issue > that I am running into. This issue is with an error generated by the parser > when validating a schema: "Element type "test" must be declared." > > I thought what I thought were valid xsd/xml documents and am calling the > parser correctly. I then took almost everything out of the files, and was > still getting the error.. Obviously I'm doing something wrong... I was > hopeing that someone would spot my mistakes. Also, I've been scouring the > schema tutorial at xml.com, which seems to be the best schema reference I > could find. I also downloaded a schema tutorial, and from what I can tell, > I'm doing what they say... I think I've got a reasonable handle on schemas, > except for this little problem... I'm guessing the problem is in the header > somewhere, as the parser does read from the schema file. I can't find a > good document on all the information that should/needs-to be put in the > header, anyone know of one? > > I call the parser with: jre -classpath %xerces_CLASSPATH% sax.SAXCount -s > -v test.xml > My xml and xsd files look like: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <test > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://localhost test.xsd"> > </test> > > ------------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <xsd:schema > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema"; > targetNamespace="http://localhost"; > xmlns="http://localhost"; > elementFormDefault="qualified" > attributeFormDefault="unqualified"> > > <xsd:element name="test" /> > > </xsd:schema> > > Thanks for any help! > -Pete > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
