RE: Impact of XML on Data Modeling

Count me in as one of those "large organizations!"  Is it ever
achievable?  Any successful stories?

Given that as a goal (and constraint), will XSD still be a good (or
best) choice for message design?
 
 
Thanks,



Scott Tsao 
Associate Technical Fellow 
The Boeing Company 


-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony B. Coates (Work) [mailto:abcoates.work@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:02 PM
To: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Subject: Re: Impact of XML on Data Modeling


Designing in XML (e.g. W3C XML Schema) is an attractive option when you
(and/or your group) are only responsible for the messages that are sent
between systems.  On the other hand, I know a number of large
organisations that are busy developing enterprise data models, at a
level above XML or relational databases or program code, because they
want data consistency everywhere.  They are concerned with more than
just consistency in the messaging between systems.

So whether XML schemas are suitable for your modelling needs depends
very much on what your business scope is, and what your company's longer
term 
ambitions are (in terms of having a consistent enterprise data model).  
The "right" choice depends very much on your particular needs and goals.

Cheers, Tony.