[GeoNetwork-users] Problem with Metadata Insert for xml-file generated with CatMDEdit

I'm a newbie user of GeoNetwork and doing my firsts steps. I created an
xml-file using CatMDEdit applying ISO19115 and tried to insert it using
style-sheet ISO19115-to-ISO19139. The operation results in the error message
"IllegalStateException : Root element not set". I browsed through this
mailing list and got aware that many users faced similar problems with the
'Metadata Insert'. I followed several of the suggestions in the different
postings (e.g. editing the xmlns-addresses) but none had any effect. What's
the most puzzling to me as a newcomer in this field: CatMDEdit had validated
the xml-file positively according to the ISO19115 standard! Why can an xml
satisfying a given standard not be read in by another programme even when
this standard is specified? I add the head and the tail of the xml-file;
perhaps an experienced colleague can see what's wrong at first glance.....?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gmd:MD_Metadata xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco&quot;
    xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&quot;
    xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2&quot;
    xmlns:gts="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gts/&quot;
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot;
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&quot;&gt;
    <gmd:fileIdentifier>
        <gco:CharacterString>contour</gco:CharacterString>
    </gmd:fileIdentifier>
    [...]
            <gmd:schemaAscii>
                <gco:CharacterString>&lt;?xml version = '1.0' encoding =
'ISO-8859-1'?&gt; &lt;eainfo&gt; &lt;detailed&gt; &lt;enttyp&$
            </gmd:schemaAscii>
        </gmd:MD_ApplicationSchemaInformation>
    </gmd:applicationSchemaInfo>
</gmd:MD_Metadata>

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