XML Schema Complete Reference, The

Chapter 1. Introduction

IN THIS CHAPTER

1.1 Why XML?

1.2 Why XML Schemas?

1.3 The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendations

1.4 Object-Oriented Concepts

1.5 Unifying Terminology

1.6 Thematic Examples

1.7 Creating an XML Schema Document

1.8 Typesetting Conventions

1.9 Online Resources

XML schemas provide a consistent way to validate XML. The XML Schema grammar specifies a language that constrains and documents corresponding XML. The greatest strength of an XML schema is that each schema defines a “contract.” This contract provides the foundation for an application to accept or reject XML data before attempting to operate on the data. Although—or perhaps because—schemas are powerful, they can be time-consuming to create. Once created, however, ...