besapi.xsd could not be validated

pnorman 2021-03-05 19:22:52 UTC #1

Hello,
I am attempting to work with the BigFix API and was looking to use the XSDs. I have been able use xsd.exe to generate a DLL for classes from BES.xsd. However, when I attempt to do the same for BESAPI.xsd I get several errors. It seems that the file was not generated properly. I attempted to edit it without luck, has anyone else run into this?

Errors:
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Schema validation warning: The ‘http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema:complexType’ element is not supported in this context. Line 54, position 9.
Schema validation warning: The ‘http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema:choice’ element is not supported in this context. Line 240, position 10.
Schema validation warning: The ‘http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema:attribute’ element is not supported in this context. Line 252, position 10.
Schema validation warning: The ‘http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema:attribute’ element is not supported in this context. Line 482, position 10.
Error: Schema c:\hg\win-main-dev\modules\jsbigfix\classes\besapi.xsd could not be validated.

brolly33 2021-03-09 19:38:33 UTC #2

@pnorman Development has been alerted and they are assessing.

brolly33 2021-03-10 19:39:52 UTC #3

Dev is reviewing the issue. Reproduced. working on solution.
Could you also test other xsd validators outside of xsd.exe from Microsoft?

pnorman 2021-03-10 19:48:37 UTC #4

Thank you, yes I opened a case and was told the issue was reproducible and I actually got a tweaked xsd which I was able to use correctly. I am in a very locked down environment, unfortunately getting access to another tool would take some time, but it is not needed from my end at this point.

EyalAlfassi 2022-06-17 17:02:06 UTC #5

HI pnorman,
Can you please share the BESAPI.xsd you got?

Thank you!

pnorman 2022-06-17 17:27:39 UTC #6

Hi @EyalAlfassi, I would not want to trigger DLP/IP things by doing this. However, I suspect @BennBlackburn or @GwyndafDavies can help here as they sent the original to us, it is unfortunate this has not been fixed in an upgrade yet.

EyalAlfassi 2022-06-18 07:35:45 UTC #7

In would be very surprised if sending the file will trigger a security alert as it does not contain any sensitive data.
You can always share the text itself if its more convenient.

I also think that Gwyndaf does not work at HCL anymore.

In any case, i have a support case opened so if they’ll supply a fixed file i will share it.