Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) is a framework within which multiple validation tasks of different types can be applied to an
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing data. It defines a set of rules for encoding electronic document, documents in a format that is both human-readable and Machine-r ...
document in order to achieve more complete validation results than just the application of a single technology.
It is specified as a multi-part
ISO
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries.
Me ...
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IEC Standard, ISO/IEC 19757. It was developed by
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34, Document description and processing languages is a subcommittee of the ISO/IEC JTC 1 joint technical committee, which is a collaborative effort of both the International Organization for Standardization and the International El ...
(ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1, Subcommittee 34 - Document description and processing languages).
DSDL defines a modular set of specifications for describing the document structures, data types, and data relationships in structured information resources.
* Part 2: Regular-grammar-based validation –
RELAX NG
In computing, RELAX NG (REgular LAnguage for XML Next Generation) is a schema language for XML—a RELAX NG schema specifies a pattern for the structure and content of an XML document. A RELAX NG schema is itself an XML document but RELAX NG also ...
* Part 3: Rule-based validation –
Schematron
Schematron is a rule-based validation language for making assertions about the presence or absence of patterns in XML trees. It is a structural schema language expressed in XML using a small number of elements and XPath languages. In many implem ...
* Part 4:
Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language (NVDL)
* Part 5: Extensible Datatypes
* Part 7: Character Repertoire Description Language (CREPDL)
* Part 8: Document Semantics Renaming Language (DSRL)
* Part 9: Namespace and datatype declaration in Document Type Definitions (DTDs) (Datatype- and namespace-aware DTDs)
* Part 11: Schema Association
See also
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RELAX NG
In computing, RELAX NG (REgular LAnguage for XML Next Generation) is a schema language for XML—a RELAX NG schema specifies a pattern for the structure and content of an XML document. A RELAX NG schema is itself an XML document but RELAX NG also ...
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Schematron
Schematron is a rule-based validation language for making assertions about the presence or absence of patterns in XML trees. It is a structural schema language expressed in XML using a small number of elements and XPath languages. In many implem ...
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DTD
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NVDL
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W3C Schema
References
External links
Home page for DSDLArchived fro
the originalon 2016-01-22.
Data modeling languages
ISO/IEC standards
XML
XML-based standards
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