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> From: owner-xml-dev@i... [mailto:owner-xml-dev@i...]On Behalf Of > Didier PH Martin > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 2:37 PM > To: 'XML Dev' > Subject: Linking a XML document to its schema > > > Hi, > > It would make sense to link an XML document or XML fragment to its schema > with the name space reference. For instance, if I would have the following > document: > > <mycheck xmlns="http://www.mydomain.com/MyCheckShema.xml"> > > .... My check content.... > <theinvoice xmlns="http://www.domain.com/theinvoice.xml"> > ...the invoice content.... > <theinvoice> > ... other content .... > > </mycheck> > > Then the xmlns attribute URI value would be useful to something other than > feeding XML-dev discussions. > > Benefits: > --------- > Each fragment can be validated with its schema. > Each fragment is part of a namespace and the name space vocabulary is > defined by a schema. > Contrary with what we got in the SGML world, a document can be freely > aggregated from fragments and still be validated by a validating > parser. The > aggregate does not have to centralize the knowledge about the document > structure. > Major benefit: re-use and modularity. > > But maybe this is already a work in progress within W3C? If this is the > case, little Rascals, why do you let us sing "if I where a rich man..." by > hiding this secret :-)) Otherwise, may I take the liberty to make this > suggestion (I am modest enough to be sure that you already got this > suggestion from other people too). Nice proposal. And it's even backed by Microsoft (see MSXML behaviour). 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/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe 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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