Re: DOMDocument::schemaValidate() - group nodes inside choice nodes

the problem really wasn't that half-line ending with 'ref=" ' (i promise :) that was a typo... fixed below.... "Nick Eby" <neby@newedgenetworks.com> wrote in message news:20041111230419.46195.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > here's a simple schema and document that illustrates my problem- for the > life of me i cannot see why this document is not valid against the schema. > i simplified it a lot- i do need to use the group tag because customer-info > contains a lot more than just a name. > > DOMDocument::schemaValidate() method says this is invalid. BUT if i cut the > customer-info group and paste it over top of <xs:group ref="customer-info"/> > ... then everything is fine!?! now, this is a (big) stretch but- could it > be a bug in schemaValidate()? > > Schema: > <xs:schema > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> > <xs:element name="customer"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:choice> > <xs:element ref="customer-id"/> > <xs:group ref="customer-info"/> > </xs:choice> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > > <xs:element name="customer-id" type="xs:long" /> > > <xs:group name="customer-info"> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:element ref="name" minOccurs="1" > maxOccurs="1"/> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:group> > </xs:schema> > > XML document: > <customer> > <name>Bob Eubanks</name> > </customer>