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Re: Help for finding root node from XML Schema


finding root node of xml
"Paul Spencer" <xml-dev@b...> writes:

> Priti,
>
> It is not possible. A document with "comment" as the root element is just as
> valid as one with "purchaseOrder" as the root element. This is because the
> philosophy of XML Schema is to validate at the element level rather than the
> document level.
>
> I regard this side-effect of that philosophy as a weakness, others don't.

Weakness or strength, it was pretty much necessary, as reconstructing
DTDs was one of the W3C XML Schema WG's prime requirements, and DTDs
have this same property.

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