Re: [xml-dev] Best Practice - beyond schema

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Francis Norton <>
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"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <>
Date
2002-06-17T16:13:34Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Best Practice - beyond schema
Hi Len,

Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:

>An alternative is to move the local definition to a transformation 
>document, eg, XSLT over the XML Schema.   The technical 
>advantage here is to have the modifications in a single 
>automated document including any value constraint controls 
>which presumably will be local  The XML Schema is one and the authority 
>is centralized.  The XSLT modifier is one and is owned by the 
>local authority.  
>
I have written a utility to include or exclude xsd elements for / from a specific project, using embedded appinfo markup and an XSLT transform that takes the project name as a commandline parameter.

I'll pop it up on a site if anyone thinks it might be interesting

Francis.
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