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Welcome to the party, Samuel.
I've seen examples of XML that use the menu
model in
various books. I don't remember any
complete schemas,
but it shouldn't be too hard to create
one.
1. Are you trying to create a schema
for the menus
you have at hand, or a generic schema that
will work
for any menu, anytime, in any
restaurant?
2. Do you have an organization that
will sponsor
and promote your schema, or are you doing
this
for yourself or a specific
customer?
Depending on how you answer those, you have
a reasonable job or a very tedious
one. The pain
increases almost geometrically to the level
of
metaness and ubiquity you have to
support.
Have you written many DTDs or Schemas?
If
not, I'd recommend getting a book like
Wrox's
Professional XML Schemas or another by
Priscilla Walmsley. The examples are
very
useful. Also, absolutely do read the
XML
Schemas Best Practices page that Roger
Costello maintains at http://www.xfront.com.
len
which I hope is appropriate for the
XML-DEV list.
I am beginning to develop a restaurant
menu web page.
I was originally going to use my own flat
file database
but when I borrowed a sample menu I
concluded that
a real life menu is too complex to handle
efficiently
with a flat file.(too many special
cases)
XML has become my logical
choice.
Since I don't wish to reinvent the
wheel,
I am asking the following
question:
Does anyone know of any
non-proprietary XML
DTDs or Schemas for the Restaurant
Industry?
Or will I be a pioneer in this
field?
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