Re: [xsl] problem - generating XML schema via XSLT

[S Woodside <sbwoodside@xxxxxxxxx>]

Why not write your schema in Relax NG (RNG) and convert it to W3C XML 
Schema (WXS) using Trang ? All the work is already done for you ... RNG 
is MUCH easier to write and read.

    http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/trang.html

simon

On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 10:28 AM, Christian Sell wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to generate an XML schema file from an XML input document, 
> and encounter a somewhat esoteric problem. I am using Xalan 2.5.1. The 
> input document is in essence a simplified version of the schema. Heres 
> an example:
>
> the input:
>
> <library prefix="test">
>     <element name="dosome"/>
> </library>
>
> should become:
>
> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="..." xmlns="test" targetNamespace="test">
>     <xs:element name=dosome type="ElementType"/>
>
>     <... type declaration ..>
> </xs:schema>
>
> So far all goes well, with the exception of the "xmlns" attribute in 
> the output "xs:schema" element, which should hold the value of the 
> "prefix" attribute from the "library" input element. I am trying to 
> achieve this with the following literal result element inside the 
> template that matches the library element:
>
> <xs:schema xmlns="{@prefix}" targetNamespace="{@prefix}">
>   ...
> </xs:schema>
>
> (XML schema requires both the xmlns and the targetNamespace attributes 
> to hold the same value). However, the result I get is:
>
> <xs:schema xmlns="{@prefix}" targetNamespace="test">
>
> Note that the value expression was resolved for the targetNamespace 
> attribute, but not for the xmlns attribute.
>
> Is this an error with Xalan, or am I missing something? Does anyone 
> have a suggestion how to achieve the desired result?
>
> TIA,
> Christian
>
>
>
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