Silly Newbie XML Schema/Namespace Problem

Okay, moving right along, I've declared a schema for my XML dump, and I've got a generator for the XML data.

Everything validates as well-formed, but the validator that I'm using to run an XML file against a schema is giving me a hard time, and I'm not sure why.

Here's a snippet of the .xsd (schema) file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="meetingdatalist">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="meetingdata">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>

<snip>

</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

I've chopped out the guts from inside of the

<meetingdata>

element for your viewing pleasure.

As you can see, the

<meetingdatalist>

is declared properly. It's a container (complex), so it has a bunch of stuff inside it.

Now, here's the top of the XML dump:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<meetingdatalist xmlns="http://my.namespace" schemaLocation="http://my.namespace/meetingdatalist.xsd">
<meetingdata id="1549">
<link>
<xml>/Events_and_Meetings/xml_access.php?action=list_meeting_xml&amp;meeting_id=1549</xml>
<html>/Events_and_Meetings/xml_access.php?action=list_meeting&amp;meeting_id=1549</html>
</link>
[red]<snip>[/red]

I've redacted the specifics for WebmasterWorld's viewing pleasure, but I will happily send the full URIs to anyone if they wish. The files are not so small.

It sure looks like I've declared everything properly. I have dozens of elements in the dump, and only the outer wrapper, which sets the namespace, fails. Everything validates well-formed.

I'm sure this is a lame newbie problem, but I've found the XML geekspace to be very crowded, very noisy and very difficult to use as a reference. I have had to just jump in with both feet and start making mistakes.

Considering that I knew diddly/squat this time yesterday, I ain't doin' so bad.

Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.

Silly Newbie XML Schema/Namespace Problem

Cannot find the declaration of element 'meetingdatalist'.

cmarshall

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