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> > For one, I'm not happy with the fact that the xml file needs > so much information regarding namespaces. > > This is what the top section of my XML file looks like: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <n:Transactions > xmlns:n="dsTransaction" > xmlns:mstns="http://tempuri.org/dsTransaction.xsd" > xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata" > xmlns:codegen="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msprop" > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > xs:schemaLocation="dsTransaction.xsd"> > > I don't see why the customers should have to include this > stuff in their files. They don't have to. The only namespace actually used is xmlns:n="dsTransaction", so that's the only one that needs to be declared. (It's not a good choice of namespace URI, however. You should really make it an absolute URI and try to make it globally unique.) > > It seems to me that when the file is uploaded, I should be > able to validate the file against any schema I like. Does > this sound right? Yes, you can apply any schema you like. Though of course you can't expect to get the answer "valid" if you validate against a schema that the instance doesn't conform to. > Could I take an XML file that looks like this: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <WireTransfers> > <WireTransfer> > <Value_Date>2007-02-15</Value_Date> > <Amount>22222.33</Amount> > <Bank_Action>R</Bank_Action> > <Date_Blocked_Rejected>2007-02-15</Date_Blocked_Rejected> > <Wire_Transfer_Transaction_Type>Bank to > Bank</Wire_Transfer_Transaction_Type> > <other elements> > </WireTransfer> > </WireTransfers> > > And then validate it against my schema? You can validate it, and validation will fail, because your schema says that the element must have a name whose namespace URI is "dsTransaction". You don't need to define a target namespace in your schema (though I would recommend it), but if the schema defines a target namespace then the users must use it. Rules is rules. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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