In my biztalk application, there are 1 flat file and 1 xml as incoming files, and 1 xml as output.
The source xml file contains no namespace. Thus, I didn't add any target namespace to the schema. But I find that the xml disassembler will not be able to recognize the file.
If I add the target namespace in the schema, then the source file will not conform to the schema.
So, what should I do?
Please help.
Jody
So, if the source XML is fixed, what should I do in this case?
Keep the target namespace in the schema?
You don't necessarily have to have a target namespace. However your Xml message should have a namespace. And, as said in the previous post, it's this namespace in combination with the root node that will identify the message type of the message.
Post your schema and your Xml message and further describe your problem and we'll be able to help you better.
Richard Hallgren
http://richardhallgren.com/blog
The XML document.
I can't remember the schema exactly because I'm not using my PC.
But the problem is that if I put a target namespace in the schema, the xml disassembler cannot recognize the above message.
If I alter the above message to the below one and keep the target namespace. It works fine.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ns0:Example targetNamespace="http://example.org/example/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema">
<Item>
<Element1>A</Element1>
<Element2>B</Element2>
</Item>
</ns0:Example>
The first document snippet you show is certainly using the wrong namespace... It is using the XSD namespace! Why would you want to say that an XML message should be using the XSD namespace if it is not, indeed, XSD?
Sorry.
In the 1st document,
It should be<Example xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema">
) the schema namespace in you message. I'd try something like the below. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ns0:Example xmlns:ns0="http://example.org/example/">
<Item>
<Element1>A</Element1>
<Element2>B</Element2>
</Item>
</ns0:Example>
However if you like something that more like your first message you can define the namespace as a default namespace as in the example below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Example xmlns="http://example.org/example">
<Item>
<Element1>A</Element1>
<Element2>B</Element2>
</Item>
</Example>
This could also be a good time to read some about qualified vs. unqaulifed messages and namespaces in general.
Richard Hallgren
http://richardhallgren.com/blog
Thanks. In my case, I will keep the document like the second one.
But now there is one more schema, a property schema, it seems that property schema must have a target namespace. And that prperty schema is relate to the xml document.
Will this problem more complex? Please suggest.Richard Hallgren
http://richardhallgren.com/blog
Actually, there is a target namespace in the property namespace, but the xml schema and xml document do not. Therefore, the xml disassembler does not work properly.
If my want to keep the target namespace of xml schema, but none for the property schema, is that workable?
Thanks!
Also, is it possible to have a preprocessor in the pipeline for adding a namespace to the xml document "manually" before going to the xml disassember and orchestration.
