[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] XSD: Proposed Goals, Rev. 1
A revised set of goals for XSD follows, based on Peter's public comments and the private comments of two other participants. These are still open to change until Friday. Per previous usage, XSD (Extensible or XML Structure Definitions) refers to the standard under construction. SDD (Structure Definition Document) refers to the schema/XMLDTD/etc. created using that standard. (Better definitions are on the list of things to come very shortly.) 1. SDDs shall use XML document syntax. 2. SDDs shall be transformable into an XML 1.0 DTD containing the same element and attribute structures. 3. SDDs shall be capable of representing the normalized element and attribute structures defined in XML 1.0 DTDs. 4. SDDs shall be parseable, manageable, and manipulable using the same tools used to parse, manage, and manipulate XML documents. 5. SDDs shall be easy to create, modify, and document. 6. SDDs shall be easy to use in combination with a parser to provide structural validation of documents. 7. XSD shall include an XML 1.0 DTD defining the structure of SDDs. 8. XSD shall suggest mechanisms for applying SDDs to documents. 9. XSD shall include mechanisms for extending the information included in SDDs. 10. The XSD specification shall be readable and clear, using terminology and nomenclature as close to the XML 1.0 specification as possible. 11. The XSD specification will comply with and be consistent with W3C recommendations regarding XML. -------------------- 11 is new, and hopes to address both XSD's relationship with other parts of the XML standard (and XML-related standards) and XSD's relationship with the W3C. This is a slightly-improved _start_. Changes to language, meaning, order, terminology, etc. are all welcome, as are additions. Simon St.Laurent Dynamic HTML: A Primer / XML: A Primer / Cookies xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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