[Schematron] validate the default namespace of a instance document

[DMS Lists]

Great. A simple, elegant solution. Many thanks for helping out.
Sorry if I blurred the question by mentioning the default namespace.

Juerg

>-----Original Message-----
>From: schematron-bounces at eccnet.com [mailto:schematron-
>bounces at eccnet.com] On Behalf Of G. Ken Holman
>Sent: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 11:47 a.m.
>To: schematron at eccnet.com
>Subject: Re: [Schematron] validate the default namespace of a instance
>document
>
>At 2009-12-02 11:01 +1300, DMS Lists wrote:
>>It is not the prefix that seems to cause the issue. For example:
>>- We have two XML schema versions with namespaces ExampleSchemaNS-1 and
>>ExampleSchemaNS-2
>>- We have also two Schematron versions Schematron-1.sch and
>>Schematron-2.sch, each written for its counterpart schema version.
>>- When by accident a incoming instance document with namespace
>>ExampleSchemaNS-1 is validated using Schematron-2.sch, it appears that
>the
>>Schematron will execute, but with unreliable outputs.
>>- It would be preferable to have an error message indicating that the
>>namespaces are not matching.
>
>The solution is far simpler than you've been thinking.
>
>All you need in Schematron-1.sch is a rule:
>
>  context: /*
>  assert:  namespace-uri(.)="ExampleSchemaNS-1"
>
>All you need in Schematron-2.sch is a rule:
>
>  context: /*
>  assert:  namespace-uri(.)="ExampleSchemaNS-2"
>
>The issue has nothing to do with the default namespace.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>. . . . . . . . Ken
>
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