Re: [xml-dev] A single, all-encompassing data validation language - good

["Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>]

On 8/3/07, Anthony B. Coates (XML-Dev) <abcoatesecure-xmldev@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I've seen it demonstrated using the commercial version of Saxon
> (www.saxonica.com).  I believe the Altova XML Query Processor also has
> support, although it may not be fully debugged yet (but is said to be
> making progress).  I'm sure there are others, but I don't know which
> ones.  The W3C list of XQuery implementations is here:
>
> http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/#implementations
>
> but this doesn't tell you which implement Schema-awareness.  I know that
> some implementations apparently do not intend to implement it.  I'm sure
> the vendors of XQuery processors that are Schema-aware won't be shy to
> post a note to that effect on this list, but it would be helpful if the
> W3C page captured that information, which it doesn't right now.

I think you're a bit confused here - schema-aware transforms and
XQueries are one thing, validating your input using a combination of
XML Schema + XPath is another.

Schema-aware transforms/XQueries require XML Schema - if you so wished
you could implement some form of validation yourself using a
combination of XSLT, XQuery and XML Schema[1], but when you talk about
"Schema Aware" its purely about XML Schema.

[1] like I did: http://xchecker.sf.net/

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