xsd Node Question

Hey all,

is it possible to declare that all content of a node is only seen as text till that node ends?

So that an xml document like this

Code:

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<Data>myText</Data>

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and a document like this

Code:

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<Data><myNewDoc></myNewDoc></Data>

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would both be valid and could be parsed against one Schema?

Thanks,

Stephan

Sheesh how frustrating! I battled with that for SOOOO long! Anyway, here she is:

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
        <xs:element name="data">
                <xs:annotation>
                        <xs:documentation>Comment describing your root element</xs:documentation>
                </xs:annotation>
                <xs:complexType mixed="true">
                        <xs:sequence>
                                <xs:any processContents="lax" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                        </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

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How did you test it?

I always get an error message saying

C:\test\test_element.xml Could not find schema information for the element 'myNewDoc'. An error occurred at file:///C:/test/test_element.xml, (2, 8).

So it validates the one with only text but not the one with another element in it.

Stephan

If you want the "inner element" to be parsed as pure text, you can use a CDATA node:

Code:

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<outer><![CDATA[<inner></inner>]]></outer>

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The inner element won't be parsed, you'll get it as a literal string.

Sorry, still the same error.

Exactly the same? Then the parser is buggy...

Which parser do you use?

I am doing the validation in Microsofts BizTalk Server 2004. So it should be MSXML right?

Let me check it again. But I am pretty sure it worked.

I used xml spy to validate the documents.
The one with just a node:

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--Sample XML file generated by XML Spy v4.4 U (http://www.xmlspy.com)-->
<data xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="E:\DayneO\My Documents\Business Associates\DPO Solutions\Examples\node_with_any_child.xsd">
        <myNewDoc></myNewDoc>
</data>

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The one with just text:

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--Sample XML file generated by XML Spy v4.4 U (http://www.xmlspy.com)-->
<data xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="E:\DayneO\My Documents\Business Associates\DPO Solutions\Examples\node_with_any_child.xsd">
        text
</data>

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Post your xml document and schema so I can see the exact structure.

I'll post it tomorrow, when I am back in work!
Thanx all,

Stephan