"rehveli" <noyspam@invalid.org> wrote in message
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> Isn't it possible to generate .cs files from schemas, where one
> schema imports another, and both have the same namespace?
>
> If a.xsd and b.xsd have namespace "MyNameSpace", and in b.xsd I
> do <xsd:import namespace="MyNameSpace" schemaLocation="a.xsd"/>
> and run "xsd.exe /c a.xsd b.xsd", xsd.exe errors out with
>
> "Error: A schema with the namespace 'MyNameSpace' has already
> been added."
>
> If xsd.exe can't do this, is there a freeware alternative that
> would actually work?
>
>

Chris Lovett wrote:
> <xsd:imports> can only import schemas that have a different
> targetNamespace from the parent schema. You may want to use
> <xsd:include> instead, which can add stuff to the parent schema's
> namespace.

"rehveli" <noyspam@invalid.org> wrote in message
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> Chris Lovett wrote:
>> <xsd:imports> can only import schemas that have a different
>> targetNamespace from the parent schema. You may want to use
>> <xsd:include> instead, which can add stuff to the parent schema's
>> namespace.
>
> Thanks, this clears things up a bit. Ok, next problem I run into:
>
> a.xsd has namespace "A", and it imports schemas b1.xsd and b2.xsd.
> Both b1 and b2 have namespace "B". Also, b2 includes b1. How should
> this situation be handled?
>
>