Undefined schema definition in request soap message

[Akram Chotu]

I have below soap message with WS Security Signature generated by Axis 1.2.1:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope 
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" 
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" 
xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
....
....
<soapenv:Body Id="Body">
...
...
<Address xsi:type="ns1:AddressType" xmlns:ns1="http://www.mediclaim.org/2003/05">
<AddressLine>2200 W</AddressLine>
<CityName>VEGAS</CityName>
<PostalCode>34343</PostalCode>
<StateProv StateCode="IL">BLAH</StateProv>
<CountryName Code="US">USA</CountryName>
</Address>
....
....
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>                        

"AddressType" is declared to be belonging to the namespace "http://www.mediclaim.org/2003/05" however "AddressType" is not defined in the soap message with the namespace "http://www.mediclaim.org/2003/05". Is this an error or my understanding is wrong?

Also, since there is no namespace prefix for <Address> element and its child elements like <AddressLine>, <CityName> etc. does it mean all these elements belong to default namespace instead of ns1 ? or do they have to be explicitly prefixed with the namespace prefix ns1 ?. Is the soap message generated using AXIS for the <Address> element correct?


Can anyone please clarify?