Schema: xs vs xsd

[Steve Wilkison]

Basic question: I have two books on XML, both say that a schema should begin with <xsd: schema xmlns:xsd....etc.>

But when I create a new schema in Oxygen it starts with just <xs: schema xmlns:xsd....etc.>

Why is this? Should I manually add the missing "d" each time I create a new schema? Thanks for any insight.

Steve

[george]

Hi Steve,

The important part is the namespace, http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema, one can bind any prefix to that, for instance the following document is also a valid XML schema:

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

<schema:schema xmlns:schema='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>



</schema:schema>

If you prefer to have your schemas with xsd as prefix just create a document template by entering the following code in the schema editor and choose "Add to templates" action then use "New from templates" action / "User defined" / your template name - to create new schemas.

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

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>



</xsd:schema>

Best Regards,
George

[Steve Wilkison]

Thanks!