Cannot validate unless I add elementFormDefault="qualified" to XSD

Question

I can't validate XML over schema provided by external WSDL service. Validate throws this error:

With validator online #1:

The element 'SolicitudEncuesta' in namespace 'htps://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd' has invalid child element 'CabeceraSolicitud' in namespace 'htps://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd'. List of possible elements expected: 'CabeceraSolicitud'. Line: 1 Column:204

With validator online #2

Errors in the XML document: 1: 203 cvc-elt.1: Cannot find the declaration of element 'SolicitudEncuesta'.

Errors in file xml-schema: 2: 196 TargetNamespace.2: Expecting no namespace, but the schema document has a target namespace of 'https://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd'.

If i add elementFormDefault="qualified" to schema, the XML validation it's OK. But the schema can't be edited because it's provided for an external service.

Schema:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
    <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="ht*p://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
xmlns="ht*ps://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd" 
targetNamespace="ht*ps://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd">
        <xsd:element name="SolicitudEncuesta" type="SolicitudEncuesta"/>
        <xsd:complexType name="SolicitudEncuesta">
            <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="CabeceraSolicitud" type="CabeceraSolicitud" nillable="true"/>
                <xsd:element name="Encuesta" type="xsd:base64Binary" nillable="true"/>
            </xsd:sequence>
        </xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:complexType name="CabeceraSolicitud">
            <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="NumeroOrden" nillable="true">
                    <xsd:simpleType>
                        <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                            <xsd:length value="11"/>
                        </xsd:restriction>
                    </xsd:simpleType>
                </xsd:element>
                <xsd:element name="CodigoControl" nillable="true">
                    <xsd:simpleType>
                        <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                            <xsd:length value="5"/>
                        </xsd:restriction>
                    </xsd:simpleType>
                </xsd:element>
                <xsd:element name="CorreoElectronico" nillable="true">
                    <xsd:simpleType>
                        <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                            <xsd:maxLength value="60"/>
                        </xsd:restriction>
                    </xsd:simpleType>
                </xsd:element>
            </xsd:sequence>
        </xsd:complexType>
    </xsd:schema>

And my XML:

    <SolicitudEncuesta xmlns:xsd="ht*p://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns="ht*ps://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd" 
targetNamespace="https://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd">
      <CabeceraSolicitud>
        <NumeroOrden>str12340000</NumeroOrden>
        <CodigoControl>str12</CodigoControl>
        <CorreoElectronico>str1234</CorreoElectronico>
     </CabeceraSolicitud>
      <Encuesta>1234</Encuesta>
    </SolicitudEncuesta>

I think it's a Namespace problem. I was reading similar problems in other posts, but I can't find a solution.

UPDATE:

Finally, using @kjhughes's knowledge i could validate over Schema correctly. And adding SOAP Envelope i was able to consume the webservice correctly.

Final XML

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:sol="https://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <sol:SolicitudEncuesta>
         <CabeceraSolicitud>
            <NumeroOrden>XXXX</NumeroOrden>
            <CodigoControl>XXXXX</CodigoControl>
            <CorreoElectronico>[email protected]</CorreoElectronico>
         </CabeceraSolicitud>
         <Encuesta>XXXXX</Encuesta>
      </sol:SolicitudEncuesta>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

THANKS!!

Don't declare xmlns:xsd or set @targetNamespace in your XML document; you're not using the xsd namespace prefix, and `@targetNamespace is an XSD construct that serves no purpose in an XML document. — kjhughes
@kjhughes stackoverflow can't allow me to add more than 2 links if my reputation is less than 10 points. If i modify the url format, the rule it's avoided. Sorry for this. — Arey Siurana Coll
@kjhughes if i don't declare xmlns:xsd or set @targetNamespace in xml, i received the Validator Online nº1 error. — Arey Siurana Coll

kjhughes kjhughes · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-17T00:38:37

Assuming that your XSD has the "intentional" (?) mistakes corrected, and that it can be retrieved from https://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd, then the following corrected XML will be valid against it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<se:SolicitudEncuesta 
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="https://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd 
                        https://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd"
    xmlns:se="https://arce.ine.es/ARCE/ficheros/SolicitudEncuesta.xsd" >
  <CabeceraSolicitud>
    <NumeroOrden>str12340000</NumeroOrden>
    <CodigoControl>str12</CodigoControl>
    <CorreoElectronico>str1234</CorreoElectronico>
  </CabeceraSolicitud>
  <Encuesta>1234</Encuesta>
</se:SolicitudEncuesta>

Cannot validate unless I add elementFormDefault="qualified" to XSD

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