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Martin Gudgin wrote: > > > <xs:schema xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' > > > xmlns:this='urn:example.org.people' > > > targetNamespace='urn:example.org.people' > > > > > > > <xs:complexType name='person' > > > > <xs:sequence> > > > <xs:element name='given' type='xs:string' /> > > > <xs:element name='family' type='xs:string' /> > > > </xs:sequence> > > > </xs:complexType> > > > > > > <xs:element name='person' type='this:person' /> > > > > > > </xs:schema> > > > > 2) it also looks like all these elements are in the same namespace (as I > > suggested). > > [MJG] > Errr, no. The way the schema is written the person element is in the > namespace 'urn:example.org.people' and the given and family elements are > unqualified. Instance would be; > > <p:person xmlns:p='urn:example.org.people' > > <given>Martin</given> > <family>Gudgin</family> > </p:person> > In reading the XML Schema -1 spec describing the targetNamespace of an element decl: "If form is present and its ·actual value· is qualified, or if form is absent and the ·actual value· of elementFormDefault on the <schema> ancestor is qualified, then the ·actual value· of the targetNamespace [attribute] of the parent <schema> element information item, or ·absent· if there is none, otherwise ·absent·." I cannot see why the "person" element decl is any different than the "given" element decl, as they both have the same ancestor <schema> and no form nor elementFormDefault attribute values. If I am not reading this correctly then it is incomprehensible to me. -Jonathan
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