XML Namespace Prefix required

Question

Hello,
our partner uses Biztalk to receive our SOAP calls. They tell us that each attribute and element needs to have the namespace prefix otherwise Biztalk cannot read it.
We are sending:
SAP XI Output
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ns11:Receive_SAP xmlns:ns11="http://zzz.com/it/mmpur/sem/xi">
  <part>
   <xform id="SWI:PLG:Order Header - SAP">
    <model>A</model>
   </xform>
  </part>
</ns11:Receive_SAP>
They want:
Biztalk Requirement:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ns11:Receive_SAP xmlns:ns11="http://zzz.com/it/mmpur/sem/xi">
  <ns11:part>
   <ns11:xform id="SWI:PLG:Order Header - SAP">
    <ns11:model>A</ns11:model>
   </ns11:xform>
  </ns11:part>
</ns11:Receive_SAP>
Can that be done with the XI 3.0 Graphical mapping or do I have to use JAVA Mapping or XSLT?
Did anyone come accros this before with Biztalk Server and it there an option to avoid it on the Biztalk Server side?
Thanks
Stefan

Answer 1

Hi Stefan,
Where did you obtain the schema (XSD) from? 
Most likely, the elements you are using are local elements and do not belong to the target namespace, but to an unnamed global namespace.  This is a typical characteristic of schema's defined by SAP.
The short answer/solution is probably putting elementFormDefault="true" in the header of your target schema. That should do the trick.
Kind regards, Guy Crets