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Or, if they are using different languages, NRL is the answer (just saw
Dare's post). My response was for the case where they are different
vocabularies expressed in XML Schema, which was only part of what you
were looking for.
Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World
Joseph Chiusano wrote:
>
> One way is to reference the XML schemas that define the various
> vocabularies in the XML documents themselves, although - according to
> the W3C Schema Recommendation 1.0 - schema processors are not required
> to recognize these references. Another way is to associate the XML
> documents with the pertinent schemas at the "point of processing", such
> as at a server at which they are processed.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Joe Chiusano
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World
>
> kynn@panix.com wrote:
> >
> > 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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> Joseph Chiusano
> Associate
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
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Kind Regards,
Joseph Chiusano
Associate
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
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