Re: Help deciphering someone else's XML schema

xsi is "xml schema instance".

I believe the namespace declarations xmlns:rr="" have to reference a
unique but valid url.
Typically something like xmlns:rr="http://www.somecompany/RRml"



On 4/4/06, Gosselin, Michael <Michael.Gosselin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at some XSLT and XSD code from another company.  The second
line
> of the XML is the following:
>
> <rr:CReport xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns:rr="urn:Correlagen:RightReport"
> xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
> xsi:schemaLocation="urn:Correlagen:RightReport">
>
> I'm a little rusty (well, very rusty) with the XML, XSD and XSLT
namespaces,
> and could use a little help deciphering that line.
>
> When I take that file and put it into EditiX, and create a Schema (.xsd)
> file, I get some errors with validation.  They read:
>
> Invalid 'name' attribute value 'ss:Type': 'The ':' character, hexadecimal
> value 0x3A, at position 2 within the name, cannot be included in a name.'.
>
> file:///usr/local/XSV/xsvlog/tmpbN14RIuploaded:143:7
> <file:///usr/local/XSV/xsvlog/tmpbN14RIuploaded:143:7> : Invalid per
> cvc-attribute.1.2: attribute type check failed for {None}:name: ss:Type
does
> not match pattern [^:]*
>
> (two different validators).
>
> So, if someone can point me in the right direction for deciphering the
> namespaces and what xsi: means, and why I'm getting some errors with
> validators, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Note that these files are created externally, and I can't change them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Gosselin
> Athena Diagnostics, Inc.
> (508) 756-2886 x3708
> (800) 394-4493 x3708
>
>


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