Re: [xml-dev] Requirements on validation: (1) combine schemas, (2) divid

[ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)]

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bryan rasmussen writes:

> IIRC XSV doesn't require a document element in the target namespace
> of the schema.

You do recall correctly.

> Thus if your schema imports other schemas with other target
> namespaces validation will start when an element in one of those
> target namespaces is reached even if the top level element of your
> document is in a namespace that you are not validating.

Precisely.

> Personally I have never considered this to be a feature and there
> are a lot of people who complain about it, but looking at it from
> the way you describe it certainly could be seen as a check mark on
> your requirements.

I have found this very useful on occasion.  As well as supporting
incremental development/debugging of compound documents, it also
allows you to write schemas which only address particular parts of a
document for particular purposes, ignoring the rest.

ht
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