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Change TypeCode from ComplexType to SimpleType to avoid the limitation in third party XML tools or applications

Troubleshooting


Problem

If a TypeCode in the InfoSphere MDM Server webservice XSD file extends "common:TypeCode" by using "xsd:complexContent", the extended type will fail on some XML parsers due to incorrect interpretation of XML Schema 1.0.

Symptom

A customer connected InfoSphere MDM Server v9.0.1 to a Tibco BusinessWorks environment using Web Services (SOAP over HTTP protocol). The customer was running into a problem with the way InfoSphere MDM Server formatted the Code Type tags in the XML requests. The results are parsing following XML validation errors on the Tibco side:

validation error: text not allowed in empty content ({com.tibco.xml.validation}COMPLEX_E_TEXT_NOT_ALLOWED_IN_EMPTY_CONTENT) at /outputMessage[1]/p388:GetPartyResponse[1]/result[1]/party[1]/status[1]/processingStatus[1]

This happened on base type:
<xsd:complexType name="TypeCode">
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:string">
<xsd:attribute name="code" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>

...with extended type below failing on Tibco XML parser due to incorrect interpretation of XML Schema 1.0:
<xsd:complexType name="ProcessingStatus">
<xsd:complexContent>
<xsd:extension base="common:TypeCode">
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>

[{"Product":{"code":"SSPVUA","label":"IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Application configuration","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"}],"Version":"9.0.1","Edition":"WebSphere v6.1;WebSphere v7","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg21445810

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