rspec/rules/S3843/xml/rule.adoc

Certain prefixes are widely recognized and expected to correspond to specific namespaces. For instance, most users will expect "xs" to correspond to "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema". If you subvert that expected correspondence, you run the risk of severely confusing the users of your XSD.


== Noncompliant Code Example

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<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://www.codeSamples.com/fruit"
           elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1"
           xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           xmlns:wsdl="http://CodeSamples.com/animal>       <!-- Noncompliant -->
...
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== Compliant Solution

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<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://www.codeSamples.com/fruit"
           elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1"
           xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           xmlns:animal="http://CodeSamples.com/animal>
...
----