'Re: "[xml] Schema validation failing for xs:all element"'

[Kasimier Buchcik <kbuchcik 4commerce de>]

Hi,

on 9/22/2004 10:33 AM Stuart Dootson wrote:
> I have a schema which has an xs:all construct. XML files written
> against this validate at libxml2 2.6.11, but not at 2.6.12/13. The
> validation fails in 2.6.12/13 with the error:
>
> Schemas validity error : Element 'x:a' [CT local]: The element
> content is not valid.
>
> A minimal schema/XML file pair illustrating the problem is below -
> using 'xmllint --schema test.xsd test.xml' illustrates teh error
> message. I think the problem is related to namespaces, because the XML
> validates against the schema if the targetNamespace attribute is
> removed (and the namespace declaration/prefixes removed from the
> elements in the XML)

Yes, exactly, its related to namespaces; good that you put a finger on 
it. It is one of the TODOs, since it needs additional help from the 
regex engine. A leftover from the enabling of namespace awareness of the 
content model validation.

> Is this a bug in libxml2 or am I doing something wrong? (My money's on
> a bug, as the XML validates against the schema with XMLSpy, MSXML,
> System.XML in .Net and Xalan :-)

Yes, the bug is definitely on libxml2's schema processor side :-(
Feel free to bugzilla it [1].

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[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxml2

Regards & hope to fix it soon,

Kasimier