Articles by Tom Gaven

XML Schema Best Practices

Fri, 06 Sep 2002 00:00:00 EDT

In the June issue of XML-Journal I mentioned that we need a set of best practices that rein in the complexities of XML Schema. The set offered at www.xfront.com is a great start, but they cater to the XML Schema extremists, and I'd like to modify them, offering some alternative best practices for 'the rest of us.

RELAX NG: The Power Is in the Patterns

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 00:00:00 EDT

Schema languages are languages that allow you to specify the structure of XML instance documents. RELAX NG (see www.relaxng.org) is an XML schema language that is considered to be simple, yet powerful. This article gives an overview of an important concept of the RELAX NG schema language called patterns. The power of RELAX NG can be found in its patterns.

Desperately Seeking...Help for XML Schema

Thu, 30 May 2002 00:00:00 EDT

Whether it's the Russian dolls, Salami Slices, or Chameleon Schemas discussed at www.xfront.com, the dizzying array of elements and attributes (and their complex interactions) found in the XML Schema specification, or the multitude of UML stereotypes at www.xmlmodeling.com, W3C XML Schema will disappear into oblivion without a non-XML syntax and a set of easy-to-use and -understand best practices and modeling techniques.