Can anyone help shed some light on this problem?.  Also, What's the  
easiest way to get the current xsd file so that I can store it  
locally?  Is it possible for me to check it out of a subversion  
repository or something?

Regards,

Kurt

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Kurt,
I think the problem is that the SYSTEM identifier for the file points to 
the bibletechnologies website's copy of the schema. It is and has been 
down for the last few days.
You can get a copy of the 2.1 version here: 
https://www.crosswire.org/svn/jsword/trunk/jsword/etc/osis/osisCore.2.1.xsd

Then change the 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.bibletechnologies.net/2003/OSIS/namespace

http://www.bibletechnologies.net/OSIS/osisCore.2.1.xsd"
to read 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.bibletechnologies.net/2003/OSIS/namespace

osisCore.2.1.xsd <http://www.bibletechnologies.net/OSIS/osisCore.2.1.xsd>"
with the schema in the same directory as the osis file. (Or fix the path 
to where ever you wish.)

Hope this helps,
    DM

Kurt Andrews wrote:[...][...]
>>> Thanks for all your help.  I've removed my standard version and
>>> installed the Professional version.  I hate to bother you, but
this is
>>> all new to me.  [...]
>>> OK. I've switched to a shorter xml file to simplify things.  Here
is
>>> what's in the xml:
>>>
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
>>> <osis 
>>>   xmlns="http://www.bibletechnologies.net/2003/OSIS/namespace"

>>>   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

>>>   
>>> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.bibletechnologies.net/2003/OSIS/namespace

>>>
>>> http://www.bibletechnologies.net/OSIS/osisCore.2.1.xsd">

>>>   <osisText 
>>>     osisIDWork="CEV" 
>>>     osisRefWork="bible" 
>>>     xml:lang="en" 
>>>     canonical="true"> 
>>>     <header> 
>>>       <work osisWork="CEV"> 
>>>         <title>Contemporary English Version</title> 
>>>         <type type="OSIS">Bible</type> 
>>>         <identifier
type="OSIS">Bible.en.ABS.CEV.1995</identifier> 
>>>         <rights 
>>>           type="x-copyright">Copyright 1995 American Bible
Society
>>>         </rights> 
>>>         <scope>Esth.1.1-Esth.1.4</scope> 
>>>         <refSystem>Bible</refSystem> 
>>>       </work>
>>>       <work osisWork="bible"> 
>>>         <type type="OSIS">Bible</type> 
>>>         <refSystem>Bible</refSystem> 
>>>       </work> 
>>>     </header>
>>>     <div type="section" scope="Esth.1.1-Esth.1.4"> 
>>>       <title>Queen Vashti Disobeys King Xerxes</title>

>>>       <p> 
>>>         <verse sID="Esth.1.1-Esth.1.2" osisID="Esth.1.1
Esth.1.2" 
>>> n="1-2"/> 
>>>           King Xerxes of Persia lived in his capital city of Susa
and
>>> ruled one hundred 
>>>           twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. 
>>>         <verse eID="Esth.1.1-Esth.1.2"/> 
>>>         <verse sID="Esth.1.3" osisID="Esth.1.3"/> 
>>>           During the third year of his rule, Xerxes gave a big
dinner
>>> for all his officials 
>>>           and officers. The governors and leaders of the provinces
were
>>> also invited, and 
>>>           even the commanders of the Persian and Median armies
came. 
>>>         <verse eID="Esth.1.3"/> 
>>>         <verse sID="Esth.1.4" osisID="Esth.1.4"/> 
>>>           For one hundred eighty days he showed off his wealth and
spent
>>> a lot of money to 
>>>           impress his guests with the greatness of his kingdom. 
>>>         <verse eID="Esth.1.4"/> 
>>>       </p> 
>>>     </div> 
>>>   </osisText> 
>>> </osis> 
>>>
>>> The error message is :
>>>
>>> Cannot open file
"/Users/kandrews/Documents/workspace/esv/sample.xml":
>>> Parse error in "http://www.bibletechnologies.net/OSIS/osisCore.2.1.xsd",
>>> line6, column 8:
>>> character not allowed
>>>
>>> Is this telling me there is an error in sample.xml at line 6
column 8 or
>>> an error in the xsd file at that location?
>>>
>>> If I can verify that there is a problem with the OSIS XSD, I can
take it
>>> up with the folks at bible technologies.[...]

Hi,  
Actual schema location: _http://www.bibletechnologies.net/osisCore.2.1.1.xsd_

(http://www.bibletechnologies.net/osisCore.2.1.1.xsd)
 
I submitted a set of corrections for the examples in the User  Manual, but 
they haven't made it to the next version yet.  You can also  download the
schema 
directly from _http://www.bibletechnologies.net/_

(http://www.bibletechnologies.net/)
 
Peace,

David