I think this problem is related to this recent message: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xerces-j-dev&m=108283663510778&w=2
on which no one commented. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michail Papadopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: XML Schema validation problem > I'm trying to validate an xml file against a schema that references W3C > reserved attributes, like xml:base or xml:lang. I'm using the DOMParser.parse > () method to parse the file. The problem is that Xerces seems to be unaware > of these reserved attributes and tries to resolve the references to them, and > so I get the following error message : > > [ERROR]: src-resolve: Cannot resolve the name 'xml:base' to a(n) 'attribute > declaration' component. line: 74, col: 36 > > Despite this error, calling the DOMParser.getDocument() method after the > parse returns a Document object. This is confusing. If there were errors in > the parse then why should this method return anything else than null? Even > when the xml file contains elements that aren't declared in the schema, > Xerces doesn't report them and the DOMParser.getDocument() still returns a > Document object, as if everything was OK. Apparently Xerces stops validating > the document after encountering the initial xml:base error. > > > The schema I'm using is the IMS Content Packaging Specification schema which > can be found at > http://www.imsglobal.org/content/packaging/cpv1p1p3/XMLschemas/imscp_v1p1.xsd > > The xml:base reference in the schema is : > > <xsd:attributeGroup name = "attr.base"> > <xsd:attribute ref = "xml:base"/> > </xsd:attributeGroup> > > at line 73. > > I would really appreciate some help. > > P.S. I'm using Xerces 2.6.0 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
