Reuters
Henry S. Thompson
XML Schema, London 1999-12-15
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The XML Schema worldview
nValidity and well-formedness are XML 1.0 concepts
äThey are defined over character sequences
nNamespace-compliant is a Namespace concept
äIt's defined over character sequences too
nSchema-validity is the XML Schema concept
äIt is defined over XML document Infosets
nSo the whole XML Schema exercise is predicated on and layered on top of XML 1.0 well-formedness plus Namespaces
äBecause they are constitutive of the Infoset