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XML SCHEMA PART 0: PRIMER SECOND EDITION

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Abstract

XML Schema Part 0: Primer is a non-normative document intended to provide an easily readable description of the XML Schema facilities, and is oriented towards quickly understanding how to create schemas using the XML Schema language. [XML Schema Part 1: Structures] and [XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes] provide the complete normative description of the XML Schema language. This primer describes the language features through numerous examples which are complemented by extensive references to the normative texts.