RE: [xml-dev] Elements declaration with same name in same complexType and name qualification

Thanks a lot.

This does indeed help.

Shlomo.

From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@...]
Sent: ג 29 מאי 2007 16:55
To: Shlomo Yona; xml-dev@...
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Elements declaration with same name in same complexType and name qualification

Yes, it's valid. It would be valid even if you changed the third particle to

<xsd:element name="b" form="unqualified" type="xsd:int"/>

because although the two "b" elements now have different types, they also have different names - one is qualified and the other isn't.

The clause that I think you are worried about is:

Schema Component Constraint: Element Declarations Consistent

If the {particles} contains, either directly, indirectly (that is, within the {particles} of a contained model group, recursively) or ·implicitly· two or more element declaration particles with the same {name} and {target namespace}, then all their type definitions must be the same top-level definition,

and in this case, your two element declaration particles have a different {target namespace}, so the rule doesn't apply.

If you change the content model to

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element name="b"/>

<xsd:element name="c"/>

<xsd:element name="b"/>

</xsd:sequence>

Then it's still valid because the two "b" elements both have the same type. (It's not 100% clear that xs:anyType is a "top-level" type definition - the term "top-level" doesn't seem to be defined anywhere - but the rule as quoted above is followed by further explanation which makes it clear).

Michael Kay

http://www.saxonica.com/

From: Shlomo Yona [mailto:S.Yona@...]
Sent: 29 May 2007 14:13
To: xml-dev@...
Subject: [xml-dev] Elements declaration with same name in same complexType and name qualification

Hello,

Is the following considered valid or not?

Schema:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="foo" xmlns="foo">

        <xsd:element name="a">

                <xsd:complexType>

                        <xsd:sequence>

                                <xsd:element name="b"/>

                                <xsd:element name="c"/>

                                <xsd:element name="b" form="unqualified"/>

                        </xsd:sequence>

                </xsd:complexType>

        </xsd:element>

</xsd:schema>

Instance:

<bar:a xmlns:bar="foo">

      <bar:b/>

      <bar:c/>

      <b/>

</bar:a>

I think it should be valid because the two local declarations of the element b have the same data type, anyType, in this case. I could not feel confident with my understanding, though, as I did not read that this is OK in the standard.

Thanks.

Shlomo.