Thanks for the feedback - the MS people also pointed me to the following
snippet from the XML Schema Part 1: Structures -

"Schema Representation Constraint: QName resolution (Schema Document) 

(...)

4 its *namespace name* is either the target namespace of the schema document
containing the *QName* or that schema document contains an <import> element
information item the *actual value* of whose namespace [attribute] is
identical to that *namespace name*. "

According case 4, the referenced component should have an import for the
namespace if its namespace is not the targetNamespace of the schema.


I am curious why the specification defines that this information must be
declared again locally when in my case it is being declared by the imported
schema?  Should the lack of the <import> be considered a schema validation
error if the implementation can infer this from a child schema?

James

-----Original Message-----
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To: Delmerico, James
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Subject: Re: Chaining <xs:import> statements


Just to explain _why_ the previous answer (import both) is correct,
note that <xs:import> achieves _two_ things:

 1) It provides a place for a hint to processors where they can
    find schema documents likely to be of use ('schemaLocation'
    attribute);

 2) It signals to processors that references to components in
    particular namespace _from this schema document_ are allowed
    ('namespace' attribute).

Since the second use is _local_ to the schema document in which it
occurs, it's the one  which is at issue in your situation.

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