Re: [xsl] How to check an element's type against an XSD simpleType and skip that element if it does not conform to the simpleType?

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Costello, Roger L. wrote:

> > If the input hasn't been validated you can just get the text content of
> > the node and check
> >
> > <xsl:if test=". castable as bk:ISBN-type">
>
> But **bk:ISBN-type** is a simpleType defined in the XML Schema; so I have to import the XML Schema:
>
>      <xsl:import-schema namespace="http://www.books.org";
>          schema-location="BookStore.xsd"/>
>
> But then I am back to the problem of the XSLT processor insisting on validating all of my XML document.
>
> Is there a way to get access to the simpleType, ISBN-type, without importing the XML Schema?

With AltovaXML for instance I think a document is only being validated 
if it has the xsi:schemaLocation attribute linking to a schema.
For the example I posted where I took your schema I am able to use the 
schema through xsl:import-schema while not validating the complete input 
document.

Perhaps Saxon allows a similir configuration.