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Set attributeFormDefault to qualified

<xsd:schema   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"   targetNamespace="http://www.rntsoft.com/namespaces/employee"   xmlns="http://www.rntsoft.com/namespaces/employee"   elementFormDefault="qualified"   attributeFormDefault="qualified">   <xsd:element name="employee">    <xsd:complexType>     <xsd:sequence>      <xsd:element name="name" type="xsd:string"/>      <xsd:element name="email" type="xsd:string"/>      <xsd:element name="hireDate" type="xsd:string"/>     </xsd:sequence>     <xsd:attribute name="dept" type="xsd:string"/>     <xsd:attribute name="client" type="xsd:string"/>    </xsd:complexType>   </xsd:element> </xsd:schema> We have set both attributes to qualified; therefore, all elements and attributes in our instance document must be qualified: <em:employee   xmlns:em="http://www.rntsoft.com/namespaces/employee"   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.rntsoft.com/namespaces/employee employee.xsd"   em:dept="programming"   em:client="Smith and Co">   <em:name>Joe Smith</em:name>   <em:email>a@a.com</em:email>   <em:hireDate>2008-10-29</em:hireDate> </em:employee> If we set elementFormDefault to qualified and omit attributeFormDefault (its default value is unqualified),  we could use the following document instance: <em:employee   xmlns:em="http://www.rntsoft.com/namespaces/employee"   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.rntsoft.com/namespaces/employee employee.xsd"   dept="programming"   client="Smith and Co">   <em:name>Joe Smith</em:name>   <em:email>a@a.com</em:email>   <em:hireDate>2008-10-29</em:hireDate> </em:employee>