George Bina wrote:
> Hi Bubba,
> 
> It is difficult for me to understand very well your message but, in
> any case, you might take a look at the XML Schema for XML Schemas as
> there it is defined an optional id attribute that can appear on schema
> components, so it may be a good example to follow:
> 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#normative-schemaSchema
> 
> Best Regards,
> George

Hi George,

Thanks for the reply, but this is over my head, I can't disclose the 
schema here as it's proprietry to the creator and confidential.

All I can say at best is that there are many simpleType definitions 
followed by complexType definitions, however none of the complexType are 
'wrapped' in <xs:element> tags as I've seen in O'reilly's XML Schema book.

Below is a representation of the structure of the schema I have.

<xs:schema ...>
<xs:simpleType name="Blah">
...
</xs:simpleType>

More simpleTypes

<xs:complexType name="Foo">
     <xs:sequence>
     <xs:element name="Bar" type="Blah" minOccurs="0" />
     <xs:element ... />
     ...
     </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

More complexTypes...

<xs:complexType name="Master">
     <xs:sequence>
     <xs:element name="B" type="Foo" minOccurs="0"/>
     ...
     </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

and finally

<xs:element name="M" type="Master" />
</xs:schema>

I'm really confused here as I know this 'global' id attribute is 
supported but for the life of me I can't work out how to fix this.

I'd really appreciate any help I can get with this.

-- 
Bubba