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Subject: How to get a list of XPath out of XMl schema documents - clarification
From: "Michael Lindenau (geschäftlich)" <michael.lindenau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:20:46 +0100
michael lindenau
First - thanks to everybody for the fast answers and for the hints so far (even that I didn't get Dimitres example to run - using Stylus Studio with MSXML/MSXML 4.0). This seems to me a great and helpful mailing list.

Second - The XPaths of the XML schema documents are used to create mappings between EDI field descriptions and the XML file in which they should be transferred. The XML schemas are the base for the mapping design. First intention is, to control if every given XPath in the mapping documents (usually Excel sheets) is correct written. Next intention is, to get an easy diff about the ongoing changes in the XML schema documents. So hierarchy doesn't matter. It's only important that the list contains every used unique XPath to an named element. Namespaces are not used. Indeed the XML schemata are very simple and don't use much of the possibilities that an XML schema offers. But at least they group elements to complex elements and use references. There is no elaborated software intended, which will use this information.

Below is a concrete example of such a schema

The desired XSLT would produce a list like

/OBBISOFT/MESSAGE/MESSAGE_NO
/OBBISOFT/MESSAGE/MESSAGE_VERSION_NO
/OBBISOFT/MESSAGE/MESSAGE_SENDER/MAIN
/OBBISOFT/MESSAGE/MESSAGE_SENDER/CENTER
/OBBISOFT/MESSAGE/MESSAGE_SENDER/TEAM
...

which lists only the elements.

A list like
/OBBISOFT
/OBBISOFT/MESSAGE
/OBBISOFT/MESSAGE/MESSAGE_NO
wouldn't be the desired output.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--***************************************************-->
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--** SIMPLE TYPES-->
<!--***************************************************-->
<xs:simpleType name="NotEmptyString">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:minLength value="1"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="DurationType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:minLength value="1"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="BooleanType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="TRUE"/>
<xs:enumeration value="FALSE"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--** ELEMENTS-->
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--ROLEType-->
<!--NotEmptyString-->
<xs:element name="CENTER" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<xs:element name="CTO_NO" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<xs:element name="ERROR_ID" type="NotEmptyString">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Type of error</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ERROR_KIND" type="NotEmptyString">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Describes the nature of the error


See list of domain values</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ERROR_MEANING" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<xs:element name="EXT_SYSTEM" type="NotEmptyString">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>For external message consignee or dedicated system name</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MAIN" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<xs:element name="MESSAGE_NO" type="NotEmptyString">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Running counter of the message for unique identification</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="REFERENCE" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<xs:element name="TEAM" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<xs:element name="TOURNEE" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--long-->
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--int-->
<xs:element name="MESSAGE_VERSION_NO">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Design version of the message</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:integer">
<xs:minInclusive value="0"/>
<xs:maxInclusive value="999"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--decimal-->
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--date-->
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--duration-->
<!--***************************************************-->
<!--boolean-->
<xs:element name="TRUCK_NO" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<xs:element name="OBBISOFT">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MESSAGE">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="MESSAGE_NO"/>
<xs:element ref="MESSAGE_VERSION_NO"/>
<xs:element name="MSG_SENDER">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Organisational unit sending the message</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:choice>
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>1 or Both</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:choice>
<xs:element name="ORGANIZATION">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>For DHL internal message consignee</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="MAIN"/>
<xs:element ref="CENTER"/>
<xs:element ref="TEAM"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="EXT_SYSTEM"/>
</xs:choice>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation/>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:element name="ORGANIZATION">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>For DHL internal message consignee</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="MAIN"/>
<xs:element ref="CENTER"/>
<xs:element ref="TEAM"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="EXT_SYSTEM"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MSG_CONSIGNEE">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Organisational unit receiving the message</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:choice>
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>1 or Both</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:choice>
<xs:element name="ORGANIZATION">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>For DHL internal message consignee</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="MAIN"/>
<xs:element ref="CENTER"/>
<xs:element ref="TEAM"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="EXT_SYSTEM"/>
</xs:choice>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ORGANIZATION">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>For DHL internal message consignee</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="MAIN"/>
<xs:element ref="CENTER"/>
<xs:element ref="TEAM"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="EXT_SYSTEM"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="MSG_ERROR" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Contains the error messages generated by the MessageManager module during integration/extraction</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="ERROR_ID"/>
<xs:element ref="ERROR_MEANING"/>
<xs:element ref="REFERENCE" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:choice>
<xs:element name="STANDARD_MESSAGE">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>NPS messages</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:choice>
<xs:choice>
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>NPS Messages</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:element name="DC_INPUT">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Input from the Swedish Tour Optimisation Software


Please note: The MAIN is specified in ../MSG_CONSIGNEE/MAIN
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="DC_INPUTS" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>CTO_NO
Contains the DHL identification number of the (delivery-) operation that has been optimised.


SUBBAY_ID is a dedicated area inside a terminal where the goods for the above operation will be stored

TOURNEE contains the standard round trip to be used to execute the operation

TRUCK_NO =
registration plate number of the truck performing the round trip
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:element ref="CTO_NO"/>
<xs:element name="SUBBAY_ID" type="NotEmptyString"/>
<xs:element ref="TOURNEE" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element ref="TRUCK_NO" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:choice>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:choice>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>



--


Kind regards

Michael Lindenau
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