[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: Re: XML / XSL Editors

Subject: Re: Re: XML / XSL Editors
From: Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:09:36 -0500
gui xsd
On Jan 6, 2005, at 11:59 AM, Antsnio Mota wrote:

Also, i had a look at Relax NG but didn't understand what it is. It
seems a alternative to Schema?

Yes. And many people believe a superior alternative. OpenOffice, DocBook and TEI -- to name just a few high profile document schemas -- are all authored in RNG.

A replacement for DTD?

Yes.


However it's not a W3C standard, or is it?

No. IIRC, it is an ISO standard though.


I like RNG because it's easy to learn (before learning it, I didn't
even know how to write a DTD), but is more powerful (for what I do)
than XML Schema.  Simple examples:

in RNG, you can condition validation on attributes; in XSD you cannot
in RNG you can validate irrespective of element order; in XSD you cannot

Both of these features are really useful.

The other thing I like about RNG is Trang, which is a tool that allows
you to convert RNG schemas to XSD or DTD (assuming you don't use
RNG-only features, of course).

Bruce

Current Thread

Back To School Sale!

Save 30% off all Stylus Studio 2008 Products when you purchase from our Online Shop.

Offer ends August 31, 2008.

Coupon Code
TRTY-C4JV-OFF

Buy Stylus Studio Now

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Don't miss another message! Subscribe to this list today.
Email
First Name
Last Name
Company
Subscribe in XML format
RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3
Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Free Stylus Studio XML Training:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery™are products from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2007 All Rights Reserved.