Invalid attribute value for 'name' in element 'element'

Question

I have an XML document as below:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<cbe:CommonBaseEvents xmlns:cbe="http://www.ibm.com/AC/commonbaseevent1_1"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <cbe:CommonBaseEvent>
        <sourceComponentId component="25541"
            componentIdType="Application" location="abcxxxxx"
            locationType="Hostname" subComponent="ia" />
        <situationInformation extensionName="FeedNotification"
            creationTime="2008-02-08T12:00:00">
            <extendedDataElements name="FeedNotification"
                type="string">
                <children name="fileType" type="string">
                    <values>ACBAL</values>
                </children>
                <children name="file" type="string">
                    <values>acountandbalances/input/finalT24_ACBAL_MY0010001_200902115941323.csv</values>
                </children>
                <children name="archiveDirectory" type="string">
                    <values>accountandbalances/input/archive</values>
                </children>
            </extendedDataElements>
            <situationType category="CREATE" successDisposition="SUCCESSFUL"
                situationQualifier="FileTransfer" reasoningScope="INFO" />
        </situationInformation>
    </cbe:CommonBaseEvent>
</cbe:CommonBaseEvents>

And i have created a schema for this XML as below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:cbe="http://www.ibm.com/AC/commonbaseevent1_1">
<xs:include schemaLocation="../../00.GEN.Generic/INTF/COMMON_RULES.xsd" />

    <xs:complexType name="sourceComponentIdType">
        <xs:simpleContent>
            <xs:extension base="xs:string">
                <xs:attribute name="component" type="xs:string"/>
                <xs:attribute name="componentIdType" type="xs:string"/>
                <xs:attribute name="location" type="xs:string"/>
                <xs:attribute name="locationType" type="xs:string"/>
                <xs:attribute name="subComponent" type="xs:string"/>
            </xs:extension>
        </xs:simpleContent>
    </xs:complexType>


    <xs:element name = "cbe:CommonBaseEvents">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element name = "cbe:CommonBaseEvent">
                    <xs:complexType>
                        <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element name="sourceComponentId" type="sourceComponentIdType" />
                            <xs:element name="situationInformation">
                                <xs:complexType>
                                    <xs:sequence>
                                        <xs:element name="extendedDataElements">
                                            <xs:complexType>
                                                <xs:sequence>
                                                    <xs:element name="children" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                                                        <xs:complexType>
                                                            <xs:sequence>
                                                                <xs:element name="values" type="xs:string" />
                                                            </xs:sequence>
                                                            <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
                                                            <xs:attribute name="type" type="xs:string"/>
                                                        </xs:complexType>
                                                    </xs:element>
                                                </xs:sequence>
                                                <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
                                                <xs:attribute name="type" type="xs:string"/>
                                            </xs:complexType>
                                        </xs:element>   
                                    </xs:sequence>
                                    <xs:attribute name="extensionName" type="xs:string"/>
                                    <xs:attribute name="creationTime" type="xs:string"/>
                                </xs:complexType>
                            </xs:element>   
                        </xs:sequence>
                    </xs:complexType>
                </xs:element>   
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>   

</xs:schema>

However, while validating XML vs Schema, i get an error that says:

Error - Line 18, 44: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 18; columnNumber: 44; s4s-att-invalid-value: Invalid attribute value for 'name' in element 'element'. Recorded reason: cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: 'cbe:CommonBaseEvents' is not a valid value for 'NCName'.

Error - Line 18, 44: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 18; columnNumber: 44; s4s-att-must-appear: Attribute 'name' must appear in element 'element'.

Error - Line 21, 46: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 21; columnNumber: 46; s4s-att-invalid-value: Invalid attribute value for 'name' in element 'element'. Recorded reason: cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: 'cbe:CommonBaseEvent' is not a valid value for 'NCName'.

Error - Line 21, 46: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 21; columnNumber: 46; src-element.2.1: : One of 'ref' or 'name' must be present in a local element declaration.

Please help me understand what am i doing wrong here, i am sure its something to do with the schema not understanding where "cbe" prefix is coming from.

The error means that when you're defining an element in XSD, you should not use a namespace prefix in `xs:element/@name`. If this doesn't help sufficiently, for a more comprehensive answer, please add the included `./../00.GEN.Generic/INTF/COMMON_RULES.xsd` XSD to your question. Thanks. — kjhughes, Feb 12 '15 at 13:28
Thanks for the reply, i am still not clear on what i should change to get a correct schema. However, please ignore the {./../00.GEN.Generic/INTF/COMMON_RULES.xsd} part as that is different and it has nothing to do with this error. — Plainsage, Feb 12 '15 at 13:34
If you want us to ignore an included XSD as irrelevant, then please prune your example down to exclude it, else you've not provided a [**Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable Example (MCVE)**](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve). Note that if you truly want to mix namespaced and non-namespaced elements in your XML, expect to define them in separate XSDs where one uses `xsd:import` to import the other. Try to follow the example given in [XSD with elements from other namespace](http://stackoverflow.com/q/6413145/290085) and then update your question if you still have trouble. Thanks. — kjhughes, Feb 12 '15 at 14:07

Petru Gardea · Answer 1 · 2015-09-15T22:52:22.070

Welcome to SO... Your sample and XSD are misleading, if only because there's no attribute name showing a cbe:CommonBaseEvent value.

That being said, the error really tells you what the problem is. You need to look it up, and learn more about what NCName is.

Here is a repro:

An XSD:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!-- XML Schema generated by QTAssistant/XSD Module (http://www.paschidev.com) -->
<xsd:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xsd:element name="root">
        <xsd:complexType>
            <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:NCName"/>
        </xsd:complexType>
    </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

An XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!-- Sample XML generated by QTAssistant (http://www.paschidev.com) -->
<root xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="cbe:CommonBaseEvents"/>

The error:

Error occurred while loading [], line 3 position 61 The 'name' attribute is invalid - The value 'cbe:CommonBaseEvents' is invalid according to its datatype 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema:NCName' - The ':' character, hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name.

Error while loading [], line 3 position 90 cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: 'cbe:CommonBaseEvents' is not a valid value for 'NCName'.

Here it was the cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1 explained better (basically, : is invalid).

NCName is described here.

also see this post for information on `NCName` http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1631396/what-is-an-xsncname-type-and-when-should-it-be-used — Kirby, Aug 02 '16 at 19:31

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