How do I parse an XML document that is missing namespace information?
Strictly speaking such a document is invalid per the schema and the best solution is to either fix the XML document to conform to the schema or change the schema to allow such documents. If none of these methods are acceptable, then you can use the following work-around. First, you will need to perform the XML-to-DOM parsing and disable XML Schema validation (since your document is invalid, it cannot be validated). For more information on how to do this see the C++/Tree mapping examples in the XSD distribution as well as the rest of this FAQ. Once you obtain the DOM representation of your XML document, you will need to add the missing namespace information to the elements.
