Unique element in XSD is not enforced

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I am trying to create an XSD for a XML and trying to enforce an xs:unique constraint, but it's not enforcing the constraint. What am I doing wrong?

Here is the XSD

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
           xmlns:vc="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-versioning" 
           elementFormDefault="qualified"
           attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
           vc:minVersion="1.1"
           xmlns:o="http://www.osames.org/osamesorm">
  <xs:element name="DATA">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation>Element that contain data</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="ACCOUNTID" type="xs:string"/>
        <xs:element name="CONTACTS" type="CONTACTType"/>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:unique name="unique-contactid">
      <xs:selector xpath="o:CONTACT"/>
      <xs:field xpath="@ID"/>
    </xs:unique>      
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="CONTACT">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation>
        Contact Element contain one contact configuration/data
      </xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:all>
        <xs:element name="ID" type="xs:int"/>
        <xs:element name="TITLE" type="xs:string"/>
        <xs:element name="TYPE" type="xs:int"/>
        <xs:element name="CONTACTSTRING" type="xs:string"/>
      </xs:all>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:complexType name="CONTACTType">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation>Complex Contect Type</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element ref="CONTACT"  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

and here is an XML that should be invalid because 2 contacts have same id (0)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DATA xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="Untitled4.xsd">
    <ACCOUNTID>String</ACCOUNTID>
    <CONTACTS>
        <CONTACT>
            <ID>0</ID>
            <TITLE>String</TITLE>
            <TYPE>0</TYPE>
            <CONTACTSTRING>String</CONTACTSTRING>
        </CONTACT>
        <CONTACT>
            <ID>0</ID>
            <TITLE>String</TITLE>
            <TYPE>0</TYPE>
            <CONTACTSTRING>String</CONTACTSTRING>
        </CONTACT>
    </CONTACTS>
</DATA>

Now sure what am I doing wrong.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '16 at 21:10

Your xs:unique declaration,

    <xs:unique name="unique-contactid">
      <xs:selector xpath="o:CONTACT"/>
      <xs:field xpath="@ID"/>
    </xs:unique>

has several problems that you must resolve:

CONTACT is not in a namespace; drop the o:.
CONTACT is within CONTACTS; add that element to the XPath.
@ID is not an attribute but an element; change to ID.

Altogether, then, the following xs:unique declaration,

    <xs:unique name="unique-contactid">
        <xs:selector xpath="CONTACTS/CONTACT"/>
        <xs:field xpath="ID"/>
    </xs:unique>

will work as requested.

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Thank you. Worked perfectly – Web G Jul 20 '16 at 02:46

Unique element in XSD is not enforced

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