xmlxsltxsdschemaschematron

Understanding schematron validation


I am new to xml and I am having difficulties in understanding what is happening in the below statement. The Schematron file is from https://schemas.wmo.int/iwxxm/3.0.0/rule/iwxxm.sch

<sch:rule context="//*[contains(name(),'MeteorologicalAerodromeTrendForecast')]/iwxxm:weather">
<sch:assert test="@xlink:href = document('codes.wmo.int-49-2-AerodromePresentOrForecastWeather.rdf')/rdf:RDF/*/skos:member/*/@*[local-name()='about'] or @nilReason">
MeteorologicalAerodromeTrendForecast iwxxm:weather elements should be a member of http://codes.wmo.int/49-2/AerodromePresentOrForecastWeather
</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>

I understand that there is a rule to check the element iwxxm:weather, but i am unable to understand the test condition. Can anyone explain it to me please? For what value, the test will pass.

The test is failing at a line in the xml which is

<iwxxm:MeteorologicalAerodromeForecast gml:id="uuid.c42e9861-aed6-449f-b4cd-4789e96464d5" cloudAndVisibilityOK="false">
          <iwxxm:prevailingVisibility uom="m">350</iwxxm:prevailingVisibility>
          <iwxxm:surfaceWind>
            <iwxxm:AerodromeSurfaceWindForecast variableWindDirection="false">
              <iwxxm:meanWindDirection uom="deg">240</iwxxm:meanWindDirection>
              <iwxxm:meanWindSpeed uom="[kn_i]">8</iwxxm:meanWindSpeed>
            </iwxxm:AerodromeSurfaceWindForecast>
          </iwxxm:surfaceWind>
 Here ---->         <iwxxm:weather xlink:href="http://codes.wmo.int/49-2/AerodromePresentOrForecastWeather/_RA"/> 
          <iwxxm:cloud>

Thanks


Solution

  • The Schematron assertion is verifying that one of the following two conditions are met:

    1. the xlink:href attribute value of the iwxxm:weather context element is equal to that of the about attribute from a particular RDF document:

      • The document() function is used to access an external XML document. In this case, it is the codes.wmo.int-49-2-AerodromePresentOrForecastWeather.rdf RDF document.
      • Then it applies an XPath to select the attribute that has a local-name of about (doesn't matter if it is bound to a namespace or not)
      • that is attached to an element (doesn't matter what the name of the element is)
      • that is the child of a skos:member element
      • that is the child of an element (doesn't matter what the name of the element is)
      • that is the child of the rdf:RDF document element.

    For instance, if the RDF document looked like this:

      <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 
               xmlns:skos="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#">
      <foo>
        <skos:member>
          <bar skos:about="http://codes.wmo.int/49-2/AerodromePresentOrForecastWeather/_RA"/>
        </skos:member>
      </foo>
    </rdf:RDF>
    
    1. or the iwxxm:weather context element has a nilReason attribute

    For instance, if the element were to look like this:

    <iwxxm:weather nilReason="true" />