[MEI-L] Stylesheet compilation: undeclared namespace prefix

Raffaele Viglianti raffaeleviglianti at gmail.com
Wed Nov 25 16:04:55 CET 2015


I'll open an issue on the TEI Stylesheets repository and see if it can be
solved there.

Raff

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h) <
pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:

>
>
> Hmmmmmmmmmmm.  Perhaps we’ve congratulated ourselves a little too soon.
>
>
>
> Adding the <constraintSpec> that defines the MEI namespace to mei-source
> has no effect.  Since adding it to a customization file **does work**, I
> assume that the TEI stylesheets ignore any namespace declarations in the
> “source” file and just “automagically” output a TEI declaration
>
>
>
> <sch:ns xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron" prefix="tei"
> uri="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"/>
>
>
>
> Our only option at this point then, is to put the MEI namespace
> declaration in every customization file.  That’s easily done, but isn’t a
> very satisfying answer.  L
>
>
>
> --
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> p.
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>
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> *From:* mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] *On Behalf Of
> *Raffaele Viglianti
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 24, 2015 3:47 PM
>
> *To:* Music Encoding Initiative
> *Subject:* Re: [MEI-L] Stylesheet compilation: undeclared namespace prefix
>
>
>
> Oh, great! I didn't realize that was valid in ODD.
>
>
>
> Raff
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h) <
> pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
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>
>
> Thanks, I see the errors now.
>
>
>
> In the attached ODD, I moved the <constraintSpec> defining the MEI prefix
> from the <mei> element to the start of the <schemaSpec>.  As a result, the
> RNG contains the namespace definition for MEI as an immediate descendant of
> <grammar> (although, unlike the TEI namespace declaration, it occurs at the
> very end of the file) and the errors disappear.
>
>
>
> I’ll fix this in the MEI source momentarily.
>
>
>
> --
>
> p.
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>
>
>
>
> *From:* mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] *On Behalf Of
> *Raffaele Viglianti
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 24, 2015 3:08 PM
>
>
> *To:* Music Encoding Initiative
> *Subject:* Re: [MEI-L] Stylesheet compilation: undeclared namespace prefix
>
>
>
> Hi Perry,
>
>
>
> To reproduce Anna's error, I associated the RNG schema with "additional
> association for embedded schematron rules" in Oxygen. When validating, I
> got an error on the @context of rules, because they use the "mei" prefix.
> The schematron engine complains because it doesn't know what the "mei"
> prefix is.
>
>
>
> The mei prefix is set (for schematron) in the "mei" elementSpec:
>
>
>
> <constraintSpec ident="set_ns" scheme="isoschematron">
>
>     <constraint>
>
>       <sch:ns prefix="mei" uri="http://www.music-encoding.org/ns/mei"/>
>
>     </constraint>
>
> </constraintSpec>
>
>
>
> If the MEI element is not included, this declaration gets dropped.
>
>
>
> There is another solution to this, now that I think about it: re-instating
> the namespace declaration on the new root element. For example in Anna's
> case one could add the constraintSpec above to the "expression"'s
> elementSpec (I just tested this and the error goes away).
>
>
>
> I suspect you're right about the TEI stylesheet automagically adding the
> tei prefix to schematron. It doesn't hurt having it, however. We may still
> bring this up with TEI folks and see if it's possible to avoid that
> declaration in a non TEI context.
>
>
>
> Raff
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Roland, Perry D. (pdr4h) <
> pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hmmmm.  I can’t reproduce the errors Anna is seeing.  But, forcing every
> customization to include the <mei> element seems like a ‘gotcha’ to me.
> Moving the <constraintSpec>  that defines the mei prefix for schematron to
> be the first child of <schemaSpec> seems be the answer.  But I can’t test
> that properly since I get no errors either way.
>
>
>
> I don’t see what effect the element --
>
>
>
> <sch:ns xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron" prefix="tei"
> uri="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"/>
>
>
>
> can have on schematron validation when every pattern and every rule is
> explicitly defined to be in the schematron namespace, e.g.,
>
>
>
> <pattern xmlns="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"
>
>
> id="mei-att.notationtype-notationsubtype-When_notationsubtype-constraint-1">
>
>   <sch:rule xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/compatibility/annotations/1.0"
>
>     xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:rng="
> http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
>
>     xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"
> context="mei:*[@notationsubtype]">
>
>     <sch:assert test="@notationtype">An element with a notationsubtype
> attribute must have a notationtype attribute.</sch:assert>
>
>   </sch:rule>
>
> </pattern>
>
>
>
> The @xmlns attribute on <rule> is superfluous since <rule> is explicitly
> placed in the schematron namespace by the use of the “sch:” prefix and the
> @xmlns:sch attribute.
>
>
>
> It seems to me that the TEI namespace is an unnecessary and misleading
> artifact of using the TEI stylesheets to produce the RNG.  But perhaps
> there’s something I’m missing.
>
>
>
> --
>
> p.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] *On Behalf Of
> *Anna Plaksin
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:55 AM
> *To:* 'Music Encoding Initiative'
> *Subject:* Re: [MEI-L] Stylesheet compilation: undeclared namespace prefix
>
>
>
> Hi Raff,
>
>
>
> you’re totally right, it works.
>
> Now I can see how the schematron works properly in an MEI schema even with
> a TEI namespace.
>
> Thank you very, very much for throwing light on this miracle. :-)
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Anna
>
>
>
> *Von:* mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
> <mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>] *Im Auftrag von *Raffaele
> Viglianti
> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 24. November 2015 16:31
> *An:* Music Encoding Initiative <mei-l at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
> *Betreff:* Re: [MEI-L] Stylesheet compilation: undeclared namespace prefix
>
>
>
> Hi Anna,
>
>
>
> The "mei" prefix is set by the mei element (see code here
> <https://github.com/music-encoding/music-encoding/blob/develop/source/specs/mei-source.xml#L15325>),
> therefore you have to make sure the element is included in your
> customization. By setting schemaSpec/@start to just "expression", I *think*
> the mei element gets excluded by the ODD processing (because it's not
> needed).
>
>
>
> I would suggest to set schemaSpec/@start to "mei expression", which seems
> to fix the problem and makes the customization more conformant.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Raff
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Anna Plaksin <annplaksin at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hello again,
>
>
>
> I just added the wrong version of the file to the mail…
>
>
>
> Sorry for that.
>
>
>
> Anna
>
>
>
> *Von:* mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces+annplaksin=
> gmx.net at lists.uni-paderborn.de] *Im Auftrag von *Anna Plaksin
> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 24. November 2015 16:14
> *An:* mei-l <mei-l at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
> *Betreff:* [MEI-L] Stylesheet compilation: undeclared namespace prefix
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> maybe the ODD experts could help me with this issue:
>
> I’m working on a MEI customization and since yesterday I get pattern
> syntax errors complaining about an undeclared namespace prefix in the
> schematron rules after the compilation from ODD to Relax NG.
>
> It seems to me a little bit weird because I didn’t make big changes in my
> ODD file and the errors occur both at my own schematron rules and the
> preexisting.
>
> I’m using the TEI framework in Oxygen 17.1 with the driver.xml of the
> v2.1.1, but it occurs also with the customization web service. It is
> possible to correct the errors in the output file by changing the
> schematron <ns> from TEI to MEI but this cannot be a proper solution,
> because the namespace is always TEI even if the schema works fine.
>
>
>
> I think it is most likely a mistake I’ve done but I just don’t find it. Is
> someone able to explain it to me?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anna
>
>
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