[eml-dev] unable to validate eml.xsd and related schemas with XML*Spy and related suite of products

[inigo san gil]

Thanks Matt and Margaret,

Ok, I think I mixed different things: A XMLSpy 2006 problem with the 
bugzilla EML bug ID 2054 (aka the <describes> bug), my bad. 

However XMLSpy users should note this:

I recall trying the XMLSpy 2006 version without the <describes> element, 
and I still got errors which were cryptic but not related to 
<describes>. That is, I removed the <describes>, I tried to validate a 
document, and XML Spy complaint about the EML schema.

Originally, Paul Rees from Altova told me there is indeed a bug in the 
2006 version.. NOTE, I sent him the EML 2.0.1 schema sans the 
<describes> element to reproduce the error.. Read quoted message below.
 
I rolled back to XMLSpy 2005, and kept working, until 6 months later, 
Sabine unearthed what (now) looks like the <describes> bug ( bugzilla ID 
2054 ), and hence Paul's (altova) response to Sabine.

Perhaps someone else aside from Mark Servilla and me have bumped into 
the XMLSpy2006 problem not related to <describes>?

Even though it seems that this is *not* a EML bug, because there are 
some XMLSpy users out there that can be affected by this XMLSpy bug, I 
think is worthy to post a warning here. My only workaround for that is 
roll back to 2005, and go from there. Note, you will not be able to use 
MapForce2006 even using the workarounds in XMLSpy2005 (such as removing 
<describes>). This mapForce reference is the reason it made me think the 
original post was related to this Altova bug.

hope this saves sometime to someone..

inigo

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Hello Inigo,

Thanks for contacting us.

I have been able to reproduce the behaviour that you reported and, upon 
checking our issues tracking database, have found that it is something 
we are
already aware of. Consequently I have added your report to the existing 
entry in order to bolster its chances of an early resolution. It 
currently has the
tracking number and title:

"8466 - appInfo schema elements should be ignored"

..and will appear in the release notes here:

http://www.altova.com/Fixed_Defects.html 
<http://www.altova.com/Fixed_Defects.html>

..when it is addressed.

In the meantime as a workaround I note that Using <![CDATA[ ... ]]> the 
embedded appInfo elements can be hidden from schema validation.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience, and thanks 
for taking the time to send us your report - it's much appreciated.

Don't hesitate to let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

Best regards,

.. Paul Rees
.. Support Engineer
.. Altova GmbH
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bugzilla-daemon at ecoinformatics.org wrote:

>http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2479
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>jones at nceas.ucsb.edu changed:
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>           What    |Removed                     |Added
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>             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
>         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE
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>------- Comment #1 from jones at nceas.ucsb.edu  2006-06-28 11:10 -------
>Yes, this is an existing, known issue that is currently being tracked in bug
>#2054.  The EML schema is invalid, and causes problems in some external tools. 
>It was not picked up early on because for some reason xerces does not detect
>the problem.  There is a proposed solution in bug #2054, so I am marking this
>bug as a duplicate of that one.
>
>The workaround for the time being until a new version of EML is released is to
>modify eml.xsd as described in bug #2054 in order to be able to proceed with
>your schema mapping activity.
>
>Please continue any further discussion on this issue in bug #2054.
>
>*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2054 ***
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