XSD validations are used to validate the XML file against the stored schema.
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Write a comment in XSD that will appear in auto-generated XML?
How can I write a comment in XML schema as below and that needs to be displayed in XML when we generate XML from XML Schema using Oxygen XML editor.
< THIS is a request for BUSINESS >
Above is displayed in comment tag

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Require XML element in XSD when another element has certain value?
I need a required attribute or element only if a specific value of an enumeration is chosen. Example below:

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XSD Error: Type is not declared, or is not a simple type
For this explanation I am using 2 different XSDs:
customEntry.xsd:

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Difference between lexical vs canonical representation in XSD spec
I was referencing the XSD spec today looking up the definition of a decimal type. In it, I found two different conflicting definitions of the datatype, a lexical definition and a canonical definition quoted below:
3.2.3.1 Lexical…

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XSD assert not recognised
I have an XSD where I want to use an xs:assert statement. The issue is I don't know how to make the assert functionality available to me. I am using Visual Studio to write it, and it gets a blue line saying it doesn't support the assert element.
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Validating Xml against an xml schema in C# from a Portable Class Library
I need to validate XML stored in a custom format (not an XmlDocument or XDocument) in a C# portable class library.
The System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator class looks like it would fit the bill since it does not rely on a particular format - the…

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xsd validation complains about missing attribute and wrong attribute at the same time
I get somewhat schizophrenic behavior from xsd validation. This link shows the xml and xsd + the errors in an online schema validator. When I run this locally with xmllint
xmllint --noout --nonet --schema devhelp2.xsd tester.devhelp2
I get similar…

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Limit number of occurences of an element based on an attribute value
I have an XML that looks like this:
...
...
I am looking for a way to enforce that the number of Artifact elements contained in Artifacts shall be…

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Multiple Xsd schemas in 1 file
I have multiple Xsd schema files (small ones) and would like to somehow combine them into 1 big file, I was thinking of an xml file with 1 node for each Xsd schema content, in the C# code selecting the corresponding section and validating against…

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Commons XMLConfiguration and schema validation?
I using Apache Commons XMLConfiguration for my configuration. Now I need a schema based validation. But I have problems to add my xsd to the XMLConfiguration. The xsd is locateded in the application jar file.
If I use methods from Java SE the…

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Allow only certain string at XML tag with XSD
I search for a way to check with my xsd that, a certain tag only one of different allowed strings contains.
E.g. two allowed strings are:
Index
Condition
OK:
Index
Condition
WRONG:
Integer
The definition…

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JAXB - XSD validation on unmarshal do not fail on missing attribute
I have a problem with the unmarshal method and the validation of anattribute. I have an attribute that is set as "fixed" in my XSD and when I tried to unmarshal a XML which does not contain this fixed attribute, no error is raised. For me, the XML…

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What do the attributes 'final' and 'block' mean in XSD?
In XSD, < complextType > can have the attributes 'block' and 'final', which can take a value of #all or a list of extensions or restrictions. What do these attributes mean? How do we use them?
I could not get a clear answer from the W3C…

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Nested choice element in XML Schema?
What I'm trying to do is, declare an parent element called "data", which are having 6 sub element of these two element are conditional that means if element A is choose then B is not appear in "data".
Like this:
text1
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