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Is it perhaps because although <xs:element ref="SomeOtherChild"/> is not
in a ##other namespace, an element in the substitution group of
SomeOtherChild might be?
Michael Kay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Spencer [mailto:xml-dev@boynings.co.uk]
> Sent: 10 December 2003 15:39
> To: Strolia-Davis Christopher Contr MSG/MAT
> Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] MSXML and the "<any>" tag in XML Schemas
>
>
> Chris,
>
> I use xs:any a lot with MSXML, and find that the parser is
> very good at reporting non-deterministic schemas that result
> from its incorrect use. This is a good thing :-). Some other
> parsers do not report these errors, so you might think that
> MSXML is wrong when it is not. I make it a rule to test all
> schemas with MSXML for this reason.
>
> That is the preliminary. These errors result from the parser
> not being able to tell if an element should be parsed against
> the xs:any or some other part of the content model. You are
> therefore playing safe(r) using namespace="##other". However,
> this will not work if you reference an element from some
> other namespace in your content model in a way that could
> still be misconstrued. For example:
>
> <xs:element name="MyElement">
> <xs:complexType>
> <xs:sequence>
> <xs:any namespace="##other"
> minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> <xs:element ref="ns:SomeChildElement"
> minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
> <xs:element ref="SomeOtherChild"/>
> </xs:sequence>
> </xs:complexType>
> </xs:element>
>
> You don't appear to be doing that, but then it looks as
> though you have tailored your schema to post it here. Could
> it be something like that in your real example? Either that,
> or I have missed something really obvious.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul Spencer
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Strolia-Davis Christopher Contr MSG/MAT
> > [mailto:Christopher.Strolia-Davis@wpafb.af.mil]
> > Sent: 10 December 2003 15:11
> > To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> > Subject: [xml-dev] MSXML and the "<any>" tag in XML Schemas
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm curious to see if anyone has seen this problem before,
> and if they
> > have a fix.
> >
> > I am constrained to using MSXML2.4.0 for my XML schema validating
> > needs.
> >
> > I am trying to make my schema extensible with the use of
> the "<any>"
> > tag, but I keep getting an error that says that the schema is
> > non-deterministic.
> >
> > I have tried using the namespace="##other" attribute of the "<any>"
> > tag to try to prevent this, however, this does not seem to work.
> >
> > So far the only thing that seems to work is if I create an
> element, in
> > which the "<any>" tag is the only child.
> >
> > If anyone has seen this problem before, and knows how to get around
> > it, please let me know.
> >
> > ex.
> >
> > <xs:element name="MyElement">
> > <xs:complexType>
> > <xs:sequence>
> > <xs:any namespace="##other"
> minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
> > <xs:element ref="SomeChildElement"
> > minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
> > <xs:element ref="SomeOtherChild"/>
> > </xs:sequence>
> > </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> >
> > thanx in advance for your help.
> >
> > Chris Strolia-Davis
> > Database Specialist
> > Contractor - CDO Technologies Inc.
> >
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