XML definitons in another file

[dhelie]

Hi;

I am just beginning with XML and I received two XML schema files. One schema file has the field descriptions and the other has the type definitions of these fields. Is there a way to have the schema file with the field descriptions to include the file that has the type definitions? In C I can use the include statement for including external files.

===========t4rif.xmsl sample code======================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="

http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<!-- @@@@ Definition of T4RIF ComplexTypes @@@@ 2008/sept/03 Version# 2.8-->
<xsd:complexType name="T4RIFSlipType">
<xsd:all>
<xsd:element name="RCPNT_NM" type="NameType"/>
<xsd:element name="RCPNT_ADDR"
type="CanadaAddressType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="sin" type="sinType"/>
<xsd:element name="ctrct_nbr" type="char12Type"/>
<xsd:element name="bn" type="bnType"/>
<xsd:element name="sps_cntrb_ind" type="indicator1-2Type"/>
<xsd:element name="sps_sin" type="sinType"/>
<xsd:element name="rpt_tcd" type="slipDataType"/>
<xsd:element name="DTH_DT" type="DateType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="T4RIF_AMT" type="T4rifAmtType" minOccurs="0"/>
</xsd:all>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>



============ this is the xml definition file sample =====
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="

http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<!-- @@@@ COMPLEX TYPE DEFINITIONS @@@@ 2008/sept/03 Version# 2.8 -->
<xsd:complexType name="CanadaAddressType">
<xsd:all>
<xsd:element name="addr_l1_txt" type="char30Type" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="addr_l2_txt" type="char30Type" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="cty_nm" type="char28Type" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="prov_cd"
type="provinceStateType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="cntry_cd" type="countryType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="pstl_cd" type="pcType" minOccurs="0"/>
</xsd:all>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>
any help will be great!

 

[kyru]

I know that the following makes the content of a XSD file usable by an XML file:

xmlns:xsi="

http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="pruebaXSD.xsd" (This would be put in xsd:schema in your case.

I suppose it will also work for two XSD files. Good luck.

 

[kyru]

Well, just a note, pruebaXSD.xsd, would be whatever xsd file you'd like to include.

 

[tsuji]

ref

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/#SchemaInMultDocs

 

[dhelie]

thank you for our reply.. but can you do a sample based upon the 2 files samples I included? I think I know what you are talking about but not convince that I am doing it right.

 

[tsuji]

In the first xsd document, at the top level, add the line with element xsd:include.
[tt] <xsd:include schemaLocation="uri-of-second.xsd" />[/tt]