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Hi,

I have defined a simple key/keyref validation for describing a tree.

<xs:key name="key_member">
<xs:selector xpath=".//member"/>
<xs:field xpath="@id"/>
</xs:key>
<xs:keyref name="ref_parent_member" refer="key_member">
<xs:selector xpath=".//member"/>
<xs:field xpath="@parentid"/>
</xs:keyref>

However, the parentid attribute is not mandatory, hence top-level
elements will not specify a parentid attribute.

This combination worked fine in XMLSPY 2004, but the exact same files
give the following error message in XMLSY 2005:

"The <keyref> identity constraint ... did not match any elements"

It disappears when at least one element has a parentid attribute.
Is it correct that a keyref constraint implies that at least one
attribute exists, and if so how would one specify a multirooted tree?

thx,

Mark van der Voort