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ABSTRACT

XML Schema's abstract data model consists of components, which are the structures that eventually define a schema as a whole. XML Schema's XML syntax, on the other hand, is not a direct representation of the schema components, and it proves to be surprisingly hard to derive a schema's components from the XML syntax. The Schema Component XML Syntax (SCX) is a representation which attempts to map schema components as faithfully as possible to XML structures. SCX serves as the starting point for applications which need access to schema components and want to do so using standardized and widely available XML technologies.

REFERENCES

• 1: International Organization for Standardization. Information Technology . Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) . Part 3: Rule-based Validation . Schematron. ISO/IEC 19757-3, April 2006.
• 2: Elena Litani. XML Schema API. World Wide Web Consortium, Member Submission SUBM-xmlschema-api-20040309, March 2004.
• 3: Felix Michel , Erik Wilde, Extensible schema documentation with XSLT 2.0, Proceedings of the 16th international conference on World Wide Web, May 08-12, 2007, Banff, Alberta, Canada [doi>10.1145/1242572.1242840]
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
        D.2.10 Design**

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.m Miscellaneous

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Standardization

Keywords:
SCX, XML, XML schema