Error :The root element of a W3C XML Schema should be <schema>

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Hi,
I am getting following error while validating xml file with schema using
ReaderSettings in .NET 2.0
"Line: 0 - Position: 0 - The root element of a W3C XML Schema should be
<schemaand its namespace should be 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'."
First few lines of xsd file are as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:tns="http ://schemas.keaneau stralia.com/Nts"
elementFormDefa ult="qualified"
targetNamespace ="http://schemas.keaneau stralia.com/Nts" >
<xsd:element name="DevicePar ameters" nillable="true"
type="tns:Devic eParameters" />
<xsd:complexTyp e name="DevicePar ameters">
<xsd:complexCon tent mixed="false">
<xsd:extensio n base="tns:DataE lementOfDeviceP arameter">
<xsd:sequence >
<xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbo unded"
name="DevicePar ameter" type="tns:Devic eParameter" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:complexCont ent>
</xsd:complexType >
.........
I am not able understand why the error is coming.Any help would be highly
appreiciated.I have searched high and low on internet but not able to find
any useful
Thanks in advance for replying(as always)
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Hope this helps.
Thanks and Regards.
Manish Bafna.
MCP and MCTS.

[Martin Honnen]

Manish Bafna wrote:

I am getting following error while validating xml file with schema using
ReaderSettings in .NET 2.0
"Line: 0 - Position: 0 - The root element of a W3C XML Schema should be
<schemaand its namespace should be 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'."
First few lines of xsd file are as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:tns="http ://schemas.keaneau stralia.com/Nts"
elementFormDefa ult="qualified"
targetNamespace ="http://schemas.keaneau stralia.com/Nts" >

It sounds to me as if your application is loading something supposed to
be a schema but in reality it loads something different. So double check
that you are really loading the schema you have shown.
You might also want to show us your code performing the validation.

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Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
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