I am attempting (perhaps wrongly) to have OVAL document validation to occur based on namespace (without using xsi:schemaLocation).

I suspect my problem is related to the rather complex OVAL schemata relationships, but I have not determined how best (if at all) to accomplish this.

I have a sample document and a related XML catalog. The XML catalog has been configured in the project preferences.

When I attempt to validate the document, it appears that the schema in namespace http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#independent has not been associated. The primary (root) schema is associated and is obtained from the catalog.

If this sort of implicit association is not possible, any suggestions on how to knit together the many discrete (sub-)schemata of OVAL would be much appreciated. I would prefer to avoid the use of xsi:schemaLocation if at all possible (since a "canonical" location for such is not assured).

Regards,

Gary