Looks like a bug in the schema generator.

If you add abc: in type="abc:..." in these two lines
>                <xs:element name="array" type="arrayType"/>
>            <xs:element name="string" type="stringType"/>
it shouldn't have the error any more.

-W

On 9 December 2010 12:05, Silent lights <silentlights@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello there,
> I am trying to generate an XSD with an XML instance. For this XML Instance,
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <abc:io xmlns:abc="urn:com.mycompany:bizatoms">
>    <abc:array>
>        <abc:string>Data posted</abc:string>
>    </abc:array>
> </abc:io>
>
> The generated Schema was
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf8"?>
> <?bpc.pltype.out bpm.pltype=xsd,bpm.pltype=xml?>
> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> xmlns:abc="urn:com.mycompany:bizatoms"
> targetNamespace="urn:com.mycompany:bizatoms" elementFormDefault="qualified"
> attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
>    <xs:element name="io">
>        <xs:complexType>
>            <xs:sequence>
>                <xs:element name="array" type="arrayType"/>
>            </xs:sequence>
>        </xs:complexType>
>    </xs:element>
>    <xs:complexType name="arrayType">
>        <xs:sequence>
>            <xs:element name="string" type="stringType"/>
>        </xs:sequence>
>    </xs:complexType>
>    <xs:simpleType name="stringType">
>        <xs:restriction base="xs:string"/>
>    </xs:simpleType>
> </xs:schema>
>
> I get an error while valididating the Schema : 'stringType' must refer to
an
> existing simple or complex type.
>
> I am not able to understand why this error pops up.. although the type is
> defined and it is under the same namespace.
>
> Can someone highlight on this particular case, and suggest how would the
schema
> be "pre-fixed perhaps?"
>
> thank you
> Densil