• From: Jeff Rafter <jeffrafter@e...>
• To: Jim Shain <Jim.Shain@a...>
• Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:31:34 -0800

Jim,

> 1.  Is it valid for an XML document to have both a DOCTYPE tag and a
schema
> namespace?

Yes.

> 2.  If it is valid, which takes precedence for validation purposes, the
DTD
> specified in the DOCTYPE, or the schema defined in the namespace?

As I understand it the DTD.  Schema validation comes after DTD validation
(if any).  This is done to allow entities to be resolved before schema
validation.  Of course some of this may be application specific.

> or the schema defined in the namespace?

Do you mean defined in xsi:schemaLocation?  Or is your application
automatically resolving the namespace to a schema?

Regards,
Jeff Rafter
Defined Systems
http://www.defined.net

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  • XML Document - DOCTYPE vs Schema NS
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