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I'm new to XML, but have been going through all the specs, papers, and old mail list archives that I can find. I am especially interested in the metadata proposals, which seem to be centered around MCF and XML-Data. Apparently, these are being combined into the Reference Data Framework, and a secret meeting was held in Redmond 2 weeks ago. Well, at least secret to those of us who are not allowed access to the W3C working group :-( So, I'm left to guess. I want to start building a prototype using XML-Data, and probably Microsoft's XML Java parser. Am I wasting my time building something to this spec, or is the current RDF completely different? Assuming that it's useful to proceed... I've created a small schema according to xml-data and successfully parsed it using the DTD from Appendix A. My question (finally) is how can I use this schema to validate an XML file that conforms to it? After parsing the schema, should I convert it within the XML processor to DTD objects, then proceed _as_if_ the schema really originated from a DTD file? It seems wrong to duplicate the existing validation logic that works for DTD's and create another for schemas. This is probably part of the argument in support of those who say that the xml-data schema is a bad idea, and we should write all schemas directly in DTD syntax. However, coming from an artificial intelligence background, the idea of a metadata representation language appeals to me. Thanx for any thoughts or advice! Dave Carlson Ontogenics Corp. Boulder, CO xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@i...)
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