XSchema: Proposed Outline

Simon St.Laurent (SimonStL@classic.msn.com)
Thu, 4 Jun 98 20:09:58 UT

A proposed outline for the XSchema specification follows. I hope to begin
filling in the spaces over the weekend, so I'd appreciate hearing about
anything that's

a) missing (keep in mind that this is a _small_ project)
b) needs expansion
c) should be deleted
d) is dead-wrong and/or inappropriate.

All drafts of the outline and of the specification will be available at
http://purl.oclc.org/NET/xschema.

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XSchema Specification

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Status
1.2 Origin and Goals
1.3 Relation to Other Standards
1.4 Terminology

2.0 XSchema Syntax
2.1 The XSchema Document
2.2 Element Declarations
2.3 Attribute Declarations
2.4 Content Model Declarations
2.5 XSchema Extensions
2.5.1 Documentation Extensions
2.5.2 Constraints on Extensions

3.0 XSchema and Namespaces
3.1 The XSchema Namespace
3.2 Interaction with Other Namespaces
3.3 Note about Namespace Usage

4.0 XSchema Transformation to XML 1.0 DTD
4.1 Transformation Models
4.2 Transformation Losses

5.0 Connecting XSchemas to XML Documents
5.1 Processing Models
5.2 Processing Instruction

Notes:
1. XSchemas and XML 1.0 DTD Interactions
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Thanks again to everyone for the amazing level of discussion so far!

Simon St.Laurent
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