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On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Inga Eckermann wrote: > I would like to hear, which modelling languages and/or methods you use when > developing Schemas. [...] > > I would be glad, to hear from best practices, experiences and maybe other > resources about this topic. > > Inga Eckermann A couple weeks ago (see archives for late January) there was an XML-DEV thread on conceptual modeling and mapping UML <--> XML schemas. I wrote in that connection, "... My guess is that the syntax-centric stranglehold will not be broken until there's a conscious focus on conceptual modeling, accompanied by an unspoken agreement that XML schemas and other markup syntaxes can readily be generated from conceptual model notations..." but the comment appeared to have fallen on deaf ears. Most people are apparently content to design in an environment that does not test/enforce constraint-based relational semantics at the object level; using visual-graphical modeling software and syntax-centric modeling formalisms is "good enough, even if not ideal..." For some possibly useful references, see: http://xml.coverpages.org/conceptualModeling.html "Conceptual Modeling and Markup Languages" Note the excerpt from Borgida's 1985 paper. - Robin Cover
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