Chapter 21. Application-oriented Schemas

IN THIS CHAPTER

21.1 XML Applications

21.2 Role of XML Schemas

21.3 Describing Applications

21.4 Application Structure

21.5 Transporting XML

21.6 Describing Applications

21.7 Example Application

This chapter discusses how XML schemas can be used to define the structure of an XML application. An XML application is a program or system that accepts XML as input, returns XML as output, or both. XML schemas give us the opportunity to define what XML should look like and to describe the data we use in our applications. Because we can describe our data in detail, schemas make a powerful tool for not only validating the data we work with, but also for describing the arguments of the system and the operations ...

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