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Jthunter24
Jthunter24

Reputation: 57

XML Schema error "Element not allowed for content model"

I am very new to XML and XSD and need a little help. I keep getting this validation error "Element header not allowed for content model (header+, objective*,pubs?). It is appearing at the last line of the XML and I can't figure out what could possibly be causing it. Here is the XSD:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"  elementFormDefault="qualified">

  <xs:element name="resume">
    <xs:complexType>
     <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="header" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"  >
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="name" type="NameType" />
              <xs:element name="contact" type="ContactType" />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>  
        </xs:element> 
        <xs:element name="objective" type="ObjectiveType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
        <xs:element name="pubs" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="pub" type="PubType"  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>                  
            </xs:sequence>                
          </xs:complexType>           
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>  
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>      


   <xs:complexType name="NameType">
    <xs:group ref="NameGroup" />
  </xs:complexType>

   <xs:group name="NameGroup">
     <xs:sequence>
       <xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string" />
       <xs:element name="middlenames" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
       <xs:element name="surname" type="xs:string" />
     </xs:sequence>   
   </xs:group>

   <xs:complexType name="ContactType">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element name="phone" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element name="website" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element name="email" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element name="address" type="xs:string" />
      </xs:choice>  
   </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>

    <xs:complexType name="ObjectiveType">
      <xs:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element name="para" type="xs:string" /> 
      </xs:sequence>    
    </xs:complexType>

    <xs:complexType name="PubType">
      <xs:sequence >
        <xs:element name="bookTitle" type="xs:string"  />
        <xs:element name="date"  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" >
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="month" type="xs:string" />
              <xs:element name="year" type="xs:string" />
            </xs:sequence>  
          </xs:complexType>
          </xs:element>
        <xs:element name="publisher" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element name="url" type="xs:string"  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
       </xs:sequence>    
    </xs:complexType>


</xs:schema>

And here is the XML code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<resume xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="A2_Schema_task2.xsd">

  <header>
    <name>
     <firstname>John</firstname>
     <middlenames>E.</middlenames>
     <surname>Doe</surname>
    </name>
    <contact>
     <email>[email protected]</email>
    </contact>
  </header>

  <objective>
    <para>Seeking a position in publishing as Associate Manager</para>
    <para>The position will allow me to utilize my experiences to mentor and train my team. </para>
  </objective>

  <pubs>
    <pub>
      <bookTitle>Just XML</bookTitle>
      <publisher>Wiley</publisher>
      <url>http://mycompany/book1</url>
    </pub>

    <pub>
      <bookTitle>XPath and XPointer</bookTitle>
      <date><month>August</month><year>2002</year></date>
      <publisher>O'Reilly and Associates</publisher>
      <url>http://mycompany/book1</url>
    </pub>
  </pubs>

  <header>
    <name>
     <firstname>Maya</firstname>
     <surname>Wells</surname>
    </name>
    <contact>
     <phone>416-785-2598</phone>
    </contact>
  </header>

  <objective>
    <para>Seeking a position in publishing as Associate Manager</para>
  </objective>

  <pubs>
    <pub>
      <bookTitle>Just JavaScript</bookTitle>
      <publisher>Wrox</publisher>
    </pub>
  </pubs>

  <header>
    <name>
     <firstname>Irene</firstname>
     <surname>Mathieu</surname>
    </name>
    <contact>
     <phone>905-785-2598</phone>
     <website>www.irenemathieu.com</website>
     <email>[email protected]</email>
     <address>105 Bathurst Street , Toronto</address>
    </contact>
  </header>

  <objective>
    <para>Seeking a position in publishing as Publishing Manager with your company</para>
   <para>Seasoned manager offering 30 years of progressive experience as a Publishing Manager,  willing to provide advice and leadership for educational publishing in its broadest form.</para>
  </objective>

</resume>

Thanks for your help!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 13161

Answers (3)

Jthunter24
Jthunter24

Reputation: 57

Thank you all for your help. I figured out I needed to add a new element (person) that encompasses the header, objective, pubs elements that can be reused for each new person. Here is a sample of what I did to fix the xml and xsd:

xml:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
  <resume xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="A2_Schema_task2.xsd">
<person>
  <header>
    <name>
     <firstname>John</firstname>
     <middlenames>E.</middlenames>
     <surname>Doe</surname>
    </name>
    <contact>
     <email>[email protected]</email>
    </contact>
  </header>

  <objective>
   <para>Seeking a position in publishing as Associate Manager</para>
    <para>The position will allow me to utilize my experiences to mentor and train my team. </para>
  </objective>

  <pubs>
    <pub>
      <bookTitle>Just XML</bookTitle>
      <publisher>Wiley</publisher>
      <url>http://mycompany/book1</url>
    </pub>

    <pub>
      <bookTitle>XPath and XPointer</bookTitle>
      <date><month>August</month><year>2002</year></date>
      <publisher>O'Reilly and Associates</publisher>
      <url>http://mycompany/book1</url>
    </pub>
  </pubs>
</person>

and XSD:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"  elementFormDefault="qualified">

  <xs:element name="resume">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="person" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="header"  >
                <xs:complexType>
                 <xs:sequence>
                   <xs:element name="name" type="NameType" />
                   <xs:element name="contact" type="ContactType" />
                 </xs:sequence>
               </xs:complexType>  
              </xs:element> 
              <xs:element name="objective" type="ObjectiveType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
              <xs:element name="pubs" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="pub" type="PubType"  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>                  
                  </xs:sequence>                
                </xs:complexType>           
              </xs:element>
             </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>  
         </xs:element> 
      </xs:sequence>  
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>

Everything works and validates now. Thank you all for your help!

Upvotes: 0

SMA
SMA

Reputation: 37103

Your xml is invalid. Your xsd says:

  • header element should be 1 or many one after the other
  • After header, you should have objective which is optional

  • After objective or header, you should have pubs which is again optional which should occur once or none.

In your xml, you have multiple pubs and its of structure:

<header ..>
<objective ...>
<pubs ..>
<header ..>
<objective ...>
<pubs ..>
<header ..>
<objective ...>

Upvotes: 0

fabballe
fabballe

Reputation: 771

In you XSD file you defined as first 1..* header, then 0..* objective and finally 0..1 pubs. So your file should looks like:

<resume>
   <header>...</header>
   <header>...</header>
   <header>...</header>

   <objective>...</objective>
   <objective>...</objective>
   <objective>...</objective>
   <objective>...</objective>
   <pubs>...</pubs>

</resume>

In your XML File you have 

<resume>
   <header>...</header>
   <objective>...</objective>
   <pubs>...</pubs>

   <header>...</header>
   <objective>...</objective>
   <pubs>...</pubs>

   <header>...</header>
   <objective>...</objective>
</resume>

So it's normal that your XML File doesn't validate your XSD File

Upvotes: 2

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