Hello, The XML Schema specification does not provide a public ID mechanism for associating an XML Schema with a unique ID independent of the storage location. You have to use the system ID mechanism to map your XML Schemas references to XSD files through an XML catalog. That means a DOCTYPE declaration that associates an ID with an XSD file <!DOCTYPE be PUBLIC "-//Kluwer/XSD BE-JUR-OFF-XML//NL" "be-jur-off.xsd"> does not make sense. Only a DTD can be associated in this way. All your XML documents validated against XML Schemas should look like: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?> <be xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="file:/C:/Daidalos/PuMaSVN/relax/trunk/DTDs/be-jur-off/be-jur-off.xsd" xmlns:xsi=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance "> ... </be> or should be associated by default with the XML Schema set in an oXygen document type as you can read in the validation error message that you posted. You define a document type from menu Options -> Preferences -> Document Type Association: http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-standalone/preferences-document-type-associa... http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-standalone/author-predefined-doc-types.html http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-standalone/dg_complex_customization_tutorial... The public ID mechanism available for DTDs was defined in the W3C XML specification where DTDs are also defined and was inherited from SGML. XML Schema was defined in a different specification (the W3C XML Schema specification) which defines only the system ID mechanism. Regards, Sorin Theun Fleer wrote:
But when I directly point to the xsd (Document > XML Document > Associate Schema) I get this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?> <!--<!DOCTYPE be PUBLIC "-//Kluwer/XSD BE-JUR-OFF-XML//NL" "be-jur-off.xsd">--> <be xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="file:/C:/Daidalos/PuMaSVN/relax/trunk/DTDs/be-jur-off/be-jur-off.xsd"
xmlns:xsi=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance> "> ... </be>
This xml-instance validates just fine. Note that I had to comment the DOCTYPE declaration.
What's the problem with my setup of catalog and PUBLIC IDs?