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  • Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Newbie Q: Validating heterogeneous XML
  • From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:59:26 -0700
  • Thread-index: AcQmenvJE7aSBxd5S4yX2Bb6qOmkIQAAIB8Q
  • Thread-topic: [xml-dev] Newbie Q: Validating heterogeneous XML

Namespace Routing Language to the rescue, see
http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/nrl.html 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kynn@panix.com [mailto:kynn@panix.com] 
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 6:54 PM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: [xml-dev] Newbie Q: Validating heterogeneous XML
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's a rank beginner's question.
> 
> The main rationale I have seen for namespace support in XML 
> is to enable the peaceful coexistence of XML fragments from 
> various sources within the same ("heterogeneous") XML 
> document without their trampling over each other's namespaces.
> 
> What about the validation of such "heterogeneous" XML documents?
> 
> Not only are various fragments probably governed by different 
> syntaxes, but these syntaxes are probably specified using 
> different languages (DTDs, XML Schema, etc.).
> 
> How are all these competing standards and diverse syntatic 
> specifications brought together to validate a heterogeneous 
> XML document?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> kj
> 
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