vb.net - Getting the Xpath of XSD schema elements

Question

Can the Xpath of XSD schema text() elements be retrieved in vb.net? For example, how can you get this Xpath from the following schema;

parent/child/grandchild

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
           elementFormDefault="qualified"
           xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt;
    <xs:element name="parent">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element name="child">
                    <xs:complexType>
                        <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element name="grandchild"
                                        type="xs:string" />
                        </xs:sequence>
                    </xs:complexType>
                </xs:element>
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Answer 1

My essential goal is to determine (in code) the xpath between any two nodes. For example, if the parent had a child2 node, I could obtain the child2 node of grandchild as ancestor::parent/child2

My thought was that if I have the full xpath to both nodes, I could determine the relative path (ancestor, descendant) between the nodes. I would store the full xpath of every text node in the database (a better approach would be appreciated).

My question was 'can i generate the full paths from the xsd schema?'

Alejandro, I thought of doing this from an instance document using //text() and that works.

LarsH, I believe there would only be one path between the grandchild node and the child2 node.

Thanks for your responses.