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From: Rich Adili <Rich.Adili@xata.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 23:39:41 -0500 Message-ID: <A0340B4A1C76734798D48BF3F09C6206303D48@EXCHVS01.xata.com> To: <xmlschema-dev@w3.org> I would like to define a sort of row-column schema. Although the XML is easy to write manually, I'm having trouble finding an elegant schema design. The requirements are: 1. A sequence (1 or more occurrences) of column definitions, which is straightforward enough i.e. a sequence of elements each with a sequence of identical children. This would permit one to create column types by adding an entry to this list of properties that a column must have. A simplistic example: columns must have properties Name and Type. One instance might have Name="Purchase Type" and Type="string". Another instance might have Name="Purchase Date" and Type="Date". 2. Another sequence that provides row data using references to each of the above types rather than a copy (Name(1)="Capital Equipment" AND Name(2)="1/1/2007"); I can be quite flexible as to the particulars as long as it will pass through the Visual Studio code generator(XSD.exe) and provide the above properties. However, I haven't found a way to do the reference bit in #2. Visual Studio's DataSet designer provides an implementation of this using data relations but it's rather complex. Is a simpler solution feasible? RichReceived on Wednesday, 8 August 2007 04:39:52 GMT |
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