XML Schema Complete Reference, The

Chapter 5. The Structure of Documents and Schemas

IN THIS CHAPTER

5.1 XML Documents

5.2 The XML Information Set

5.3 Introduction to the PSVI

5.4 Introduction to Schemas

5.5 Schema Documents

This chapter introduces XML documents and schemas, each from both the concrete and abstract points of view. When talking about documents, “concrete” means the string of characters and “abstract” means the corresponding object-oriented structure that might be constructed by a parser. That is pretty straightforward.

On the other hand, when talking about schemas, “concrete” means schema documents (or parts thereof) ignoring the distinction between concrete schema document and abstract schema document, while “abstract” means the object-structured class that might ...