XSD type derived via restriction in same namespace as restricted type?

[burkley]

In XML Schema, is it possible to derive a complex type via restriction
and have the new derived type be in a different namespace than the
original base type?

I've banged on this for 2 days now and I'm starting to think the
answer is no. I've searched this group and have not seen anything
discussing this.

>From Walmsley: "The values for the new type are a subset of those for

the base type. All values of the restricted type are also valid
according to the base type".

Now since all values of the restricted type are also valid according
to the base type, it follows that the namespace of the derived type
must be the same as the namespace of the base type. Otherwise the
instances of the derived type would not conform to the base type.

My question: Is it possible to derive a complex type via restriction
and have the new derived type be in a different namespace than the
original base type?

[George Bina]

Yes, it is possible.
The thing that you should take into account is that XML Schema
requires a different file to define a different namespace, so you
cannot derive the type and have it in a different namespace in the
same file as the base type.

Here you have an example:

base.xsd
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace ="http://www.oxygenxml.c om/ns/base">
<xs:simpleTyp e name="test">
<xs:restricti on base="xs:string ">
<xs:maxLength value="10"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:schema>

restricted.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace ="http://www.oxygenxml.c om/ns/restricted"
xmlns:base="htt p://www.oxygenxml.c om/ns/base">
<xs:import namespace="http ://www.oxygenxml.c om/ns/base"
schemaLocation= "base.xsd"/>

<xs:simpleTyp e name="restricte dTest">
<xs:restricti on base="base:test ">
<xs:enumerati on value="val1"/>
<xs:enumerati on value="val2"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:schema>

Best Regards,
George
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<oXygen/XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
http://www.oxygenxml.com

[Priscilla Walmsley]

Hi,

If you're talking about complex types, the type name itself can be in a
different namespace. But the child element names must be in the same
namespace (or no namespace in both types.)

So, if you are using elementFormDefa ult="qualified" , or you are using
the "ref" attribute to refer to globally declared elements, it won't
work to have the derived type in another namespace.

If you are using elementFormDefa ult="unqualifie d" and all your element
declarations are local, it can work.

Hope that helps,
Priscilla

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Author, Definitive XML Schema (2001, Pren Hall)
XQuery (2007, O'Reilly Media)
http://www.datypic.com
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On 17 Sep, 15:38, Priscilla Walmsley <nos...@datypic .comwrote:

Hi,

If you're talking about complex types, the type name itself can be in a
different namespace. But the child element names must be in the same
namespace (or no namespace in both types.)

So, if you are using elementFormDefa ult="qualified" , or you are using
the "ref" attribute to refer to globally declared elements, it won't
work to have the derived type in another namespace.

Hi Priscilla,

Taking the case where the elements used the ref='' variant, would it
be OK in the above case to have the elements of the restricted type
echo the elements of the base type, and then restrict the attributes
associated with the complex type (assuming
attributeFormDe fault='false')?

If you are using elementFormDefa ult="unqualifie d" and all your element
declarations are local, it can work.

Cheers,

Pete.
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[Priscilla Walmsley]

Hi Pete,

Oh yes, sure - I didn't think of that case. If you are "ref"-ing the
element declarations that are in the original namespace, it's OK (they
can be the same child elements or a restricted set of those child
elements).

Its just if you were "ref"-ing element in the new namespace that would
cause a problem.

And yes, it works in a parallel way for attributes. If you use
attributeFormDe fault="unqualif ied" (the default behavior), you're fine.
If you're using attributes in namespaces, the attributes have to be in
the same namespace in the restricted type.

Thanks,
Priscilla

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On 17 Sep, 17:21, Priscilla Walmsley <nos...@datypic .comwrote:

Hi Pete,

Oh yes, sure - I didn't think of that case. If you are "ref"-ing the ...

Thanks Priscilla. I'll admit it was a pretty contrived case, and
probably not that useful, but I wanted to check my understanding.

Cheers,

Pete.
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Codalogic
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=============== =============== ===============

[burkley]

I made a few mistakes in my example XSDs/instances. I'm re-posting
FYI. I welcome any comments.

----------------------------------------------
XDSs for option 1
----------------------------------------------

-- Base XSD, filename BaseWithLocalEl ementDefs.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns="http://www.example.org/Base"
targetNamespace ="http://www.example.org/Base"
elementFormDefa ult="unqualifie d">

<xs:element name="A" type="AType" />
<xs:complexTy pe name="AType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="E1" type="xs:string " />
<xs:element name="E2" type="xs:string " minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

-- Restricting XSD, with restricted types in different namespace.
filename RestrictionWith LocalElementDef s.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns="http://www.example.org/Restriction"
targetNamespace ="http://www.example.org/Restriction"
xmlns:base="htt p://www.example.org/Base"
elementFormDefa ult="unqualifie d">

<xs:import namespace="http ://www.example.org/Base"
schemaLocation= "BaseWithLocalE lementDefs.xsd" />

<xs:element name="ARestrict ed" type="ARestrict edType" />
<xs:complexTy pe name="ARestrict edType">
<xs:complexCont ent>
<xs:restricti on base="base:ATyp e">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="E1" type="xs:string " />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:complexConte nt>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

-- Instance

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<res:ARestricte d xmlns:res="http ://www.example.org/Restriction"
xmlns:xsi="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocat ion="http://www.example.org/Restriction
RestrictionWith LocalElementDef s.xsd ">
<E1>E1</E1>
</res:ARestricted >
----------------------------------------------
XDSs for option 2
----------------------------------------------

-- Base XSD, filename BaseWithGlobalE lementDefs.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns="http://www.example.org/Base"
targetNamespace ="http://www.example.org/Base"
elementFormDefa ult="qualified" >

<xs:element name="E1" type="E1Type" />
<xs:simpleTyp e name="E1Type">
<xs:restricti on base="xs:string " />
</xs:simpleType>

<xs:element name="E2" type="E2Type" />
<xs:simpleTyp e name="E2Type">
<xs:restricti on base="xs:string " />
</xs:simpleType>

<xs:element name="A" type="AType" />
<xs:complexTy pe name="AType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="E1" />
<xs:element ref="E2" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

-- Restricting XSD, filename RestrictionWith GlobalElementDe fs.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns="http://www.example.org/Restriction"
targetNamespace ="http://www.example.org/Restriction"
xmlns:base="htt p://www.example.org/Base"
elementFormDefa ult="qualified" >

<xs:import namespace="http ://www.example.org/Base"
schemaLocation= "BaseWithGlobal ElementDefs.xsd " />

<xs:element name="ARestrict ed" type="ARestrict edType" />
<xs:complexTy pe name="ARestrict edType">
<xs:complexCont ent>
<xs:restricti on base="base:ATyp e">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="base:E1" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:complexConte nt>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

-- Instance

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<res:ARestricte d xmlns:res="http ://www.example.org/Restriction"
xmlns:base="htt p://www.example.org/Base"
xmlns:xsi="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocat ion="http://www.example.org/Restriction
RestrictionWith GlobalElementDe fs.xsd ">
<base:E1>E1</base:E1>
</res:ARestricted >