Re: Meaning of namespace="##other"

[Michael Glavassevich]

This was clarified in the first edition schema errata [1]. ##other doesn't allow wildcards whose namespace is absent.

[1] http://www.w3.org/2001/05/xmlschema-errata#e1-11

"Jeff Greif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/28/2004 05:45:46 PM:

> This could be a xerces bug (2.6.2) or an XML Schema misunderstanding
> on my part.
>  
> I have a schema fragment (in a schema with targetNamespace present
> and elementFormDefault="qualified") inside a complexType:
>  
>             <element name="namedInstance" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>               <complexType>
>                 <choice>
>                   <element name="simpleInstance" type="anySimpleType"/>
>                   <any namespace="##other" processContents="skip"/>
>                 </choice>
>                 <attribute name="instanceParameterName"
> type="NCName" use="required"/>
>               </complexType>
>             </element>
> and a corresponding fragment of the instance document like this:
>  
>         <ups:namedInstance instanceParameterName="foo">
>              <instance xmlns="" xsi:type="...">
>                        ...
>               </instance>
>         <ups:instance>
>  
> and I get this error:
>  
> 26:139 - cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting
> with element 'instance'. One of '{"http://webalo.com/xmlns/ups":simpleInstance
> , WC[##other:"http://webalo.com/xmlns/ups"]}' is expected.
>  
> I assume the WC[...] part of the message means what I wanted: a
> WildCard element in any namespace but  http://webalo.com/xmlns/ups
>  
> Does <any namespace="##other"/> prohibit the use of elements in no namespace?
>  
> Jeff

Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
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