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> > If a schema validator ignores schemaLocation (or, as in the > case above, > there is no schemaLocation) then the validator is expected to "locate" > the appropriate schemas by some other means. Obviously, if the > validator is unable to locate the appropriate schema then it > will fail. > This is true regardless of whether you're using dangling > types or not. > I guess that I don't really understand your point. Perhaps you could > explain further? Yes, but schemaLocation is a "hint" and not required to be used, so using schemaLocaiton to override a definition seems a crapshoot (the processing application may have it's own idea of where the schema is). If validators were required to 'take the hint' then your method would always work.
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