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Re: How to match targetNamespace URIs in XML Schemas tonamespa

• From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
• To: Geoff Shuetrim <geoff@galexy.net>
• Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 02:55:41 -0400

Geoff Shuetrim scripsit:

> I am trying to determine what the namespace declaration, for elements
> defined in that schema, should be when those elements are used in an XML
> instance document.  Specifically, should I expect:
> 
> 1. xmlns="http://example.com/target\namespace" or should I expect
> 2. xmlns="http://example.com/target%5Cnamespace"

1 is the best choice.  Namespace names are matched character-by-character
(or rather codepoint-by-codepoint), even if they are not valid URIs.

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John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>             http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
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• References:
  • How to match targetNamespace URIs in XML Schemas to namespacedeclarations in XML instances when the targetNamespace attribute containscharacters that are illegal in URIs?
    • From: Geoff Shuetrim <geoff@galexy.net>