Re: [xml-dev] XForms

[Alain Couthures <alain.couthures@agencexml.com>]

Le 04/09/2012 18:57, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen a écrit :
> On Sep 1, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Timothy Cook wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am not certain that I understand the specs on the issue of
>> referencing a schema.
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms11/#structure-model
>> "Within each XForms Model, there is a limit of one Schema per
>> namespace declaration, including inline and linked Schemas."
>>
>> Since neither inline nor linked are actually methods of incorporating
>> a schema ('import' or 'include'). Does this mean that I cannot use a
>> schema that has an include?
> Actually, for XForms, 'inline' and 'linked' are precisely the two ways
> of incorporating schemas:  the xforms:model element can hyperlink
> to schema documents using the 'schema' attribute:
>
>    <xf:model schema="http://example.com/foo/foo.xsd ..."> ...
>
> and it can contain inline schema documents:
>
>    <xf:model>
>      ...
>      <xs:schema targetNamespace="http://example.com/foo/foo.xsd";>
>      ...
>      </xs:schema>
>      ...
>    </xf:model>
>
> I take these to be what the spec is referring to when it speaks
> of schemas (or schema documents) being inline or linked.
>
> Note, however, that XForms processors vary a bit in how fully they
> support XSD.
>
As confirmed by the XForms Work Group, the XForms Specifications allow 
schemas that have includes.