On 13 Mar 2005, wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au wrote:
> Galen Boyer wrote:
>> >> What the heck do you think an XML schema is, or even a DTD. It
>> >> is the rules, the contract, that the data must adhere to. This
>> >> seems like SOMETHING to me.
>> >
>> > NO, most definitely NOT. It is a DESCRIPTION of the rules.
>> > It is NOT a way of enforcing the rules. For that, you MUST
>> > write code!
>>
>> This isn't true with Schemas.
>
> Yes it is. XML is not a program that you can paramterize.
> It is a standard for encapsulating information. A XML schema
> DESCRIBES the data. It does not do ANYTHING with it.
A relational model doesn't do ANYTHING with data either. But, if you
try to store data in an RI enabled schema, it must pass validation. If
you try to validate an XML clob against its XMLSchema, it must pass the
same type of validation.
--
Galen deForest Boyer
Received on Sun Mar 13 2005 - 20:28:04 CST
