xml-validation

I'm working with some xml 'snippets' that form elements down the xml. I have the schema but I cannot validate these files because they are not complete xml documents. These snippets are wrapped with the necessary parent elements to form valid xml when they are used in other tools so I don't have much option in making them into valid xml or in changing the schema. Is it possible to validate an element, rather than the whole document? If not, what workarounds could be suggested? I'm working in C# with .NET 2.0 framework. I had a similar problem where I could only validate parts of my XML

Lets say I have a schema that defines the following XML: <Values> <Add Key="Key1">Value 1</Add> <Add Key="Key2">Value 2</Add> <Add Key="Key3">Value 3</Add> <Add Key="Key4">Value 4</Add> </Values> I would like, at a schema level, to be able to enforce that the values for the Key attribute are unique, i.e. the example above is valid, but the following example would be invalid: <Values> <Add Key="Key1">Value 1</Add> <Add Key="Key2">Value 2</Add> <Add Key="Key2">Value 3</Add> <Add Key="Key3">Value 4</Add> </Values> Notice that there are two Add elements with a Key of Key2 For reference here is the

I'm trying to validate a really simple xml using xsd, but for some reason I get this error. I'll really appreciate if someone can explain me why. XML File <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <MyElement>A</MyElement> XSD File <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/Test" xmlns:tns="http://www.example.org/Test" elementFormDefault="qualified"> <simpleType name="MyType"> <restriction base="string"></restriction> </simpleType> <element name="MyElement" type="tns:MyType"></element> </schema> Your schema is for

I'm working on an Apache CXF webservice (using JAX-WS, over SOAP). The service itself is pretty simple: receive a request, insert the request into a database, and return whether the insert was successful. I'd like to rely on XML validation to enforce a number of constraints on the request. So, my question. How do I return detailed validation errors to a client of my service? I've turned validation on server-side by configuring my endpoint. <jaxws:endpoint id="someEndpoint" implementor="#someImpl" address="/impl"> <jaxws:properties> <!-- This entry should- ideally- enable JAXB validation on the