xsd Node Question

[Sgt-Peppa]

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

<Data>myText</Data>

and a document like this

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

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

Thanks,

Stephan

[shunt]

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

<?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>

[Sgt-Peppa]

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

[CornedBee]

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

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

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

[Sgt-Peppa]

Sorry, still the same error.

[CornedBee]

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

Which parser do you use?

[Sgt-Peppa]

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

[shunt]

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

[shunt]

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

<?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>

The one with just text:

<?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>

[shunt]

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

[Sgt-Peppa]

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

Stephan