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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Schemas: An introduction | |
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| What is an XML schema? | |
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| The purpose of schemas | |
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| Schema design | |
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| Schema languages | |
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| A quick tour of XML Schema | |
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| An example schema | |
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| The components of XML Schema | |
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| Elements and attributes | |
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| Data types | |
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| Simple types | |
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| Complex types | |
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| Namespaces and XML Schema | |
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| Schema composition | |
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| Instances and schemas | |
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| Annotations | |
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| Advanced features | |
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| Namespaces | |
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| Namespaces in XML | |
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| The relationship between namespaces and schemas | |
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| Using namespaces in XSDL | |
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| Schema composition | |
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| Modularizing schema documents | |
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| Defining schema documents | |
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| Schema assembly | |
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| Include, redefine, and import | |
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| Instances and schemas | |
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| Using the instance attributes | |
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| Schema processing | |
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| Relating instances to schemas | |
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| Using XSDL hints in the instance | |
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| Dereferencing namespaces | |
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| The root element | |
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| Using DTDs and schemas together | |
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| Using specific schema processors | |
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| Schema documentation and extension | |
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| The mechanics | |
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| User documentation | |
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| Application information | |
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| Notations | |
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| Element declarations | |
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| Global and local element declarations | |
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| Declaring the data types of elements | |
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| Default and fixed values | |
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| Nils and nillability | |
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| Qualified vs. unqualified forms | |
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| Attribute declarations | |
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| Global and local attribute declarations | |
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| Assigning types to attributes | |
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| Default and fixed values | |
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| Qualified vs. unqualified forms | |
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| Simple types | |
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| Simple type varieties | |
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| Simple type definitions | |
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| Simple type restrictions | |
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| Facets | |
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| Preventing simple type derivation | |
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| Regular expressions | |
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| The structure of a regular expression | |
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| Atoms | |
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| Quantifiers | |
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| Union and list types | |
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| Varieties and derivation types | |
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| Union types | |
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| List types | |
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| Built-in simple types | |
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| Built-in types | |
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| String-based types | |
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| Numeric types | |
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| Date and time types | |
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| Legacy types | |
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| Other types | |
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| Type equality | |
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| Complex types | |
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| What are complex types? | |
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| Defining complex types | |
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| Content types | |
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| Using element types | |
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| Using model groups | |
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| Using attributes | |
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| Deriving complex types | |
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| Why derive types? | |
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| Restriction and extension | |
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| Simple content and complex content | |
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| Complex type extensions | |
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| Complex type restrictions | |
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| Type substitution | |
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| Controlling type derivation and substitution | |
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| Reusable groups | |
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| Why reusable groups? | |
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| Named model groups | |
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| Attribute groups | |
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| Reusable groups vs. complex type derivations | |
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| Substitution groups | |
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| Why substitution groups? | |
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| The substitution group hierarchy | |
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| Declaring a substitution group | |
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| Type constraints for substitution groups | |
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| Alternatives to substitution groups | |
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| Controlling substitution groups | |
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| Identity constraints | |
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| Identity constraint categories | |
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| Design hint: Should I use ID/IDREF or key/keyref? | |
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| Structure of an identity constraint | |
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| Uniqueness constraints | |
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| Key constraints | |
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| Key references | |
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| Selectors and fields | |
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| The XML Schema XPath subset | |
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| Identity constraints and namespaces | |
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| Redefining schema components | |
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| Redefinition basics | |
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| The mechanics of redefinition | |
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| Redefining simple types | |
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| Redefining complex types | |
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| Redefining named model groups | |
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| Redefining attribute groups | |
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| Topics for DTD users | |
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| Element declarations | |
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| Attribute declarations | |
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| Notations | |
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| Parameter entities for reuse | |
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| Parameter entities for extensibility | |
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| External parameter entities | |
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| General entities | |
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| Comments | |
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| Using DTDs and schemas together | |
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| Naming considerations | |
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| Naming guidelines | |
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| Qualified vs. unqualified names | |
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| Structuring namespaces | |
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| Multiple languages | |
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| Extensibility and reuse | |
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| Reuse | |
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| Extending schemas | |
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| Versioning of schemas | |
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| Designing applications to support change | |
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| Table of XSDL keywords | |
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| XSDL element types | |
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| XSDL attributes | |
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| Built-in simple types | |
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| Built-in simple types | |
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| Index | |