xinclude/relaxNG validation

[derBunte]

Hi,

I'd like to use xinclude in a main file and get validation (with RelaxNG) in the subfiles. Is this possible? That is:

main.xml:

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<root>

<foo xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" >

    <xi:include href="sub"/>

</foo>

</root>

sub.xml:

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<bar>

  <sometag />

</bar>

When I edit sub.xml, I'd like to get validation as if I am in the main.xml at the position where the xinclude is (using RelaxNG XML syntax without schematron). I know that this can be ambiguous, but perhaps there are any strategies how to handle this situation?

Thanks
Patrick

[george]

Dear Patrick,

oXygen has support for this. Please look at validation scenarios:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-oxygen/ ... nario.html

You need to define a validation scenario for your sub.xml module and set the main.xml file as the file to be validated. Thus sub.xml will be validated indirectly, being included in the main.xml file.

Best Regards,
George

[derBunte]

Hello George,

thank you very much, yet another feature of oXygen I didn't know about. I have got it to work partly yet, as I get a complain that in the subfile

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<bar>

  <sometag />

</bar>

bar is not allowed, I should use one of bar, ..., or ... . But I'll update oXygen first and play with it first before looking into this.

Thanks again!

Patrick

[george]

Hi Patrick,

Please note that XInclude elements are replaced before the validation so the schema needs to refer to the elements replacing the XInclude elements, that is in your sample foo should allow bar as its child element.

Best Regards,
George