Question

I am a bit novice in xml schema. I would be grateful if somebody help me out to understand why my xml is not being validated with the schema:

Here is my Schema:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/testSchema" xmlns="http://www.example.org/testSchema">
  <xs:element name="Employee">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="Name">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="FirstName" />
              <xs:element name="LastName" />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Here is my test xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Employee xmlns="http://www.example.org/testSchema">
 <Name>
  <FirstName>John</FirstName>
  <LastName>Smith</LastName>
 </Name>
</Employee>

I am getting following error by Eclipse xml editor/validator:

cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'Name'. One of '{Name}' is expected.

I could not understand what is wrong with this schema or my xml.

Answer 1

all u have to do is add elementFormDefault=”qualified” and u will be fine. to understand this behavior, read “Are You Qualified?” section @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950796.aspx