Xerces is telling you that the content is incomplete and gives you a list
of all the choices for what can go next in the sequence. The first element
child of <SignerName/> must be one of {PersonPrefixName, PersonFirstName,
PersonGivenName}. What follows next depends on which one you chose.

Thanks.

Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: mrglavas@c...
E-mail: mrglavas@a...

xmlschema-dev-request@w... wrote on 10/31/2008 01:22:55 PM:

>
> I have a complex-type defined as follows:
>
> <xsd:complexType name="PersonNameType">
>    <xsd:sequence>
>              <xsd:element name="PersonPrefixName"
> type="PersonPrefixNameType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
>              <xsd:choice>
>                  <xsd:element name="PersonFirstName"
> type="PersonGivenNameType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
>                  <xsd:element name="PersonGivenName"
> type="PersonGivenNameType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
>              </xsd:choice>
>              <xsd:element name="PersonMiddleName"
> type="PersonMiddleNameType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
>              <xsd:choice>
>                  <xsd:element name="PersonLastName"
> type="PersonSurNameType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
>                  <xsd:element name="PersonSurName"
> type="PersonSurNameType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
>              </xsd:choice>
>              <xsd:element name="PersonSuffixName"
> type="PersonSuffixNameType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
>              <xsd:element name="PersonMaidenName"
> type="PersonMaidenNameType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
>              <xsd:element name="PersonFullName"
> type="PersonFullNameType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
>          </xsd:sequence>
> </xsd:complexType>
>
> When testing with an instance where the SignerName element
> is of type PersonNameType, and is deliberately kept empty
> (as follows):
>
>   <SignerName/>
>
> the XML Schema tool gives me the following error:
>
> cvc-complex-type.2.4.b: The content of element 'SignerName' is not
> complete. One of '{PersonPrefixName, PersonFirstName, PersonGivenName}'
> is expected. [129]
>
> However, the PersonPrefixName has a minOccurs of "0", so
> why am I seeing an error where the tool insists that the
> PersonPrefixName is expected?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Arshad Noor
> StrongAuth, Inc.