[xsd-users] Parser still fetches schema with xsd::flags::don ¹ t_validate

Mark Watson mark at digitalfountain.com
Wed Mar 14 17:27:28 EDT 2007


Sorry, I meant DTD.

...Mark


On 3/14/07 12:40 PM, "Boris Kolpackov" <boris at codesynthesis.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> 
> Mark Watson <mark at digitalfountain.com> writes:
> 
>> I have an XML instance document which references its schema via HTTP.
>> Although I have set xsd::flags::dont_validate, the parser still fetches the
>> schema over HTTP. This is the default xerces behaviour as described in
>> http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/faq-parse.html#faq-28
> 
> Is it fetching DTD or XML Schema? The FAQ only talks about DTDs and
> it makes sense to fetch (and parse) them by default since they are
> used for things other than validation (entities, default attributes,
> etc). I don't see a reason to fetch XML Schema though since it is
> only used for validation.
> 
> 
> thanks,
> -boris




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