AAGHH!!! I hit the send button by mistake but I had it almost completed anyway. Anyway, I hope I explained the problem correctly and I'm waiting for input from the guys who know. BarZ Quoting Barzilai Spinak <[log in to unmask]>: > I have just encountered a problem with the MODS 3.0 Schema. > (I'm using the <oXygen/> XML editor which, I think, uses the Xerces parser) > > > The problem in question is (copying from mods-3-0.xsd): > > <!-- ********** language attribute group definition ********** --> > <xsd:attributeGroup name="language"> > <xsd:attribute name="lang" use="optional"> > <xsd:annotation> > <xsd:documentation>ISO 639-2b</xsd:documentation> > </xsd:annotation> > </xsd:attribute> > > <!-- ****** HERE!!!!! ******* --> > <xsd:attribute ref="xml:lang" use="optional"/> > > <xsd:attribute name="script" use="optional"/> > <xsd:attribute name="transliteration" use="optional"/> > </xsd:attributeGroup> > > > The validator "Cannot resolve the name 'xml:lang'..." > Checking the XLM specification at W3C I find this comment: > > 2.12 Language Identification > > [...] A special attribute named xml:lang MAY be inserted in documents to > specify > the language used in the contents and attribute values of any element in an > XML > document. In valid documents, this attribute, like any other, MUST be > declared > if it is used. [...] > > > So, MODS 3.0 does not declare de xml namespace and that's why the validator > fails. > > For an example of how to do it right, I went to XML Schema's own schema > definition at http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd > I chose this because XML Schemas allow xml:lang for their xsd:documentation > > This is how the import it (minus the annotation): > > <xs:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" > schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd"> > <xs:annotation> > <xs:documentation> > Get access to the xml: attribute groups for xml:lang > as declared on 'schema' and 'documentation' below > </xs:documentation> > </xs:annotation> > </xs:import> Conectese mas rapido y ahorre hasta un 50% Tel. 0909.2030 => $0,15 IVA incluido el minuto ______________________________________________________ http://www.internet.com.uy - En Uruguay somos internet