XSD is a W3C XML Schema to C++ translator. Provided with an XML instance specification , it generates C++ classes that represent the given vocabulary as well as parsing and serialization code.
ML chema efinition is a language for specifying the grammar of the markup allowed in an XML file. Such a specification is called a schema and typically has a file extension of XSD. It can define, for instance, the ordering of elements, or what child elements a particular element may have. It is important for XML documents to adhere to a particular schema because schemas provide uniformity in the organization of data. This is particularly important if an XSL stylesheet will later be designed to apply to the data. View a sample XSD schema designed for the EMELD project.
XML Schema Definition. W3C recommendation to formally describe the schema and elements in an XML document. It defines a structure for the custom elements and their corresponding attributes, their relationship to each other, and what types of information/data may be contained in them. This can be used to verify that the content of an XML instance document adheres to a particular schema.
The later form of the Schema definition file. Not currently available for Visio, but will be available in future releases. Use XDR.
XML Schema Definition. A document containing an XML Schema, with an .xsd extension.
XML Schema Definition. A language proposed by the W3C XML Schema Working Group for use in defining schemas. Schemas are useful for enforcing structure and/or constraining the types of data that can be used validly within other XML documents. XML Schema Definition refers to the fully specified and currently recommended standard for use in authoring XML schemas. Because the XSD specification was only recently finalized, support for it was only made available with the release of MSXML 4.0. It carries out the same basic tasks as DTD, but with more power and flexibility. Unlike DTD, which requires its own language and syntax, XML Schema Definition uses XML syntax for its language. XSD closely resembles and extends the capabilities of XDR. Unlike XDR, which was implemented and made available by Microsoft in MSXML 2.0 and later releases, the W3C now recommends the use of XSD as a standard for defining XML schemas. See also schema.
See XML Schema Definition.
"Schema language for XML, expressed in XML (as opposed to DTD, which was not in XML)."
(XML Schema Definition)—Describes a well-structured XML document.
