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> If I define an unqualified local element such as 'name' in: My first question would be *why* you would want to use this option? > > <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > targetNamespace="http://www.abc.com" > xmlns="http://www.abc.com" > elementFormDefault="unqualified"> > > <xsd:element name="MyAddress" type="AddressType"/> > > <xsd:complexType name="AddressType"> > <xsd:sequence> > <xsd:element name="name" type="xsd:string"/> > </xsd:sequence> > </xsd:complexType> > > </xsd:schema> > > > Then, if I have the following instance: > > <MyAddress xmlns="http://www.abc.com"> > <name>Pete</name> > </MyAddress> > > when deciding what to validate 'name' against, is it treated > as if it is {no namespace}:name, {http://www.abc.com}:name > (in which case validation will > fail) My understanding is that <name> is required to be in no namespace, and therefore this instance is not valid. or something else? > > Going a bit further... if (validated by another schema) I have: > > <MyDetails xmlns="http://www.abc.com"> > <ans:MyAddress xmlns:ans=http://www.abc.com/addr> > <name>Pete</name> > </ans:MyAddress> > </MyDetails> > > Is name's full name {no namespace}:name (due to being defined > as unqualified), {http://www.abc.com}:name (due to the > default namespace being http://www.abc.com), or > {http://www.abc.com/addr}:name (due to being local to ans:MyAddress)? > The element in your instance is in namespace http://www.abc.com/, under the rules of XML Namespaces. This isn't affected by the schema. The schema says that you can only have a {}name element here, so this instance is not valid. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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