Hi Jerald,
> was able to get successful validation via XmlSpy, but as many have
> suggested, XmlSpy does not provide the best validation results.
try validating the instance document and/or your schemas with e.g. xsv
(
http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/xsv-status.html) or Xerces. That should
give you more (or less) confidence in the files you are working with and
should help figuring out whether the error you are encountering is
JAXB's fault.
Thomas