Hi Hussein, Thanks for the quick reply. Actually, that was exactly what I told our editors before (that these additional namespaces are harmless and should not bother them). But as they are additionally using an older XMLSpy version (2005 home), it could be that this app has some validation problems... I will check that.
thanks, Roman > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Hussein Shafie [mailto:hussein at xmlmind.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Mai 2007 12:30 > An: Huditsch, Roman (LNG-VIE) > Cc: xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > Betreff: Re: [XXE] Namespace gets added automatically > > Huditsch, Roman (LNG-VIE) wrote: > > > > I have a very strange behaviour with namespaces in my > configuration of > > XMLMind v3.6, which didn't occur before. > > No. This behavior exists since v2.0. > > > > > I have a valid XML file: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <norm freigegeben="ja" > > id="eg-lmh" > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.lexisnexis.at/schema/norm > > G:\Gesetzestextredaktion\schema\norm.xsd" > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > > xmlns="http://www.lexisnexis.at/schema/norm";> > > <metadaten> > > <abkuerzung>EG/LM-HygieneV Allg.</abkuerzung> > > <normgeber>EU</normgeber> > > </metadaten> > > </norm> > > > > If I load it into XXE and save it as it is, two namespaces get > > additionaly added: > > > > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > > xmlns:ns="http://www.lexisnexis.at/schema/norm"; > > > > Is it possible that XXE interprets the default namespace in > my source > > document in a wrong way? > > No, not at all. > > > > > I haven't found anything in my config files where these ns > might get > > added, so I suppose that it comes directly from the app. > > Yes but there is no bug here. This should not trouble you: > who cares about a few harmless namespaces and/or prefixes > automatically ``imported'' by XXE? > > > > > > When I open the document in XXE and go to Tools/Declare namespaces > > these two are displayed there, too. > > > > Do you have any idea what's wrong with that? > > > > Nothing is wrong here. This is the expected behavior. > > [1] When you define no prefix for the targetNamespace of a > schema, XXE adds a "ns" (or "ns2" or "ns3", etc) one. Just in case! > > [2] When your document is conforming to a schema, all the > namespaces and their prefixes specified in the schema are > automatically added to the instance. > > This saves you the effort of manually defining such > namespaces and prefixes using "Tools/Declare namespaces". > > Example: your schema makes use of namespace > "http://www.lexisnexis.at/schema/norm"; with prefix "norm" and > of namespace "http://www.lexisnexis.at/schema/norm2"; with > prefix "norm2". > > Your document template only contains elements belonging to > "http://www.lexisnexis.at/schema/norm";. You forgot to declare > "http://www.lexisnexis.at/schema/norm2"; because the document > template didn't need it. > > The user adds an element belonging to > "http://www.lexisnexis.at/schema/norm2"; because the schema > allows to do this. What prefix to use for this one? Answer: > "norm2" because you specified it in your *schema*. > > Note that XXE also ``imports'' namespaces and their prefixes > when you cut and paste XML using the clipboard! > > > > --> Right approach: predefine *all* possible namespaces in > your document > templates. Do not forget to specify a prefix even for the > default namespace. DocBook 5 example: > > --- > <article version="5.0" > xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; > xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; > xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"; > xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; > xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; > xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; > xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> > <title></title> > <section> > <title></title> > <para></para> > </section> > </article> > --- > > If you do this, XXE will not feel the need to import > namespaces and their prefixes from the schema. > > > > >
