[jdom-interest] validation problems using b9-rc1?

[Philip Nelson]

> It's hard to tell without seeing your XML and XSD files, but I 
> suspect that the newer version of Xerces bundled with b9, is catching 
> something the old version missed. It's also possible you have used 
> something in the schema that one of the errata changed. Try 
> validating just with Xerces without JDOM anywhere in the picture.

Except that the stack trace shows he is now using Crimson and not Xerces at
all.  Try setting up your JAXP to use Xerces and see what happens.