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See http://atmanes.blogspot.com/2006/07/short-explanation-of-xml-namespaces.html. On 11/12/06, Michael Kay <mike@s...> wrote: > > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > >
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