XML Schema

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Title:

XML Schema

Author:

Van der Vlist, Eric.

ISBN:

9780596002527

Personal Author:

Van der Vlist, Eric.

Publication Information:

Sebastopol, Calif : O'Reilly, 2002.

Physical Description:

xiii, 379 p. : ill. ; 24cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

1. Schema Uses and Development -- 2. Our First Schema -- 3. Giving Some Depth to Our First Schema -- 4. Using Predefined Simple Datatypes -- 5. Creating Simple Datatypes -- 6. Using Regular Expressions to Specify Simple Datatypes -- 7. Creating Complex Datatypes -- 8. Creating Building Blocks -- 9. Defining Uniqueness, Keys, and Key References -- 10. Controlling Namespaces -- 11. Referencing Schemas and Schema Datatypes in XML Documents -- 12. Creating More Building Blocks Using Object-Oriented Features -- 13. Creating Extensible Schemas -- 14. Documenting Schemas -- 15. Elements Reference Guide -- 16. Datatype Reference Guide -- A. XML Schema Languages -- B. Work in Progress.

Subject Term:

XML (Document markup language)

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If you need to create or use formal descriptions of XML vocabularies, the W3C's XML Schema offers a powerful set of tools for defining acceptable document structures and content. An alternative to DTDs as the way to describe and validate data in an XML environment, XML Schema enables developers to create precise descriptions with a richer set of datatypes?such as booleans, numbers, currencies, dates and times?that are essential for today?s applications.Schemas are powerful, but that power comes with substantial complexity. This concise book explains the ins and outs of XML Schema, including design choices, best practices, and limitations. Particularly valuable are discussions of how the type structures fit with existing database and object-oriented program contexts. With XML Schema, you can define acceptable content models and annotate those models with additional type information, making them more readily bound to programs and objects. Schemas combine the easy interchange of text-based XML with the more stringent requirements of data exchange, and make it easier to validate documents based on namespaces. You?ll find plenty of examples in this book that demonstrate the details necessary for precise vocabulary definitions. Topics include: Foundations of XML Schema syntax Flat, "russian-doll", and other schema approaches Working with simple and complex types in a variety of contexts The built-in datatypes provided by XML Schema Using facets to extend datatypes, including regular expression-based patterns Using keys and uniqueness rules to limit how and where information may appear Creating extensible schemas and managing extensibility Documenting schemas and extending XML Schema capabilities through annotations In addition to the explanatory content, XML Schema provides a complete reference to all parts of both the XML Schema Structures and XML Schema Datatypes specifications, as well as a glossary. Appendices explore the relationships between XML Schema and other tools for describing document structures, including DTDs, RELAX NG, and Schematron, as well as work in progress at the W3C to more tightly integrate XML Schema with existing specifications.No matter how you intend to use XML Schema - for data structures or document structures, for standalone documents or part of SOAP transactions, for documentation, validation, or data binding ? all the foundations you need are outlined in XML Schema .