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RE: xsd:redefine issue using xsd:include

• To: "'Marc Gratacos'" <MGratacos@i...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: xsd:redefine issue using xsd:include
• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:22:00 +0100
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> I have three schema files a.xsd, b.xsd, c.xsd within the same 
> namespace.
> 
> a.xsd includes b.xsd (<xsd:include schemaLocation="b.xsd"/>)
> 
> c.xsd redefines some types from a.xsd (<xsd:redefine
> schemaLocation="a.xsd">)
> 
> Since a.xsd is including b.xsd I was thinking that in c.xsd I could
> redefine types from a.xsd also.

I assume you mean from b.xsd also?

 I did that and xerces doesn't complain
> at all. However, other tools like Stylus Studio, XML Spy, IBM Schema
> Quality Checker do. Is this w3c valid? 

From what you say, I think it is valid.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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