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

[Stuart Dootson <stuart dootson gmail com>]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:36:31 +0200, Kasimier Buchcik
<kbuchcik 4commerce de> wrote:
> 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].
>
> [... snip (test files) ...]
>
> [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxml2
>
> Regards & hope to fix it soon,
>
> Kasimier

OK - I'd assumed it was a regression, as 2.6.11 appeared to correctly
validate the files (and fail validation when the element content was
malformed).

I'll enter it into Bugzilla.

Stuart