XMLhack Schemas news http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. xmlhack http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development RNV: C-based Relax NG validator http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2168 RNV is a command-line tool for validating XML documents against schemas written in Relax NG compact syntax. Developed by David Tolpin and written in portable ANSI C, it's fast, lightweight, and provides very good reporting about validity errors in documents. Tools Schemas XML 2003 session report: Namespace Routing Language http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2125 James Clark followed a block of sessions on ISO Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) (ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 34 WG 1) with a presentation on Namespace Routing Language (NRL), which is a key contribution to DSDL Part 4: "Selection of validation candidates". Schemas Community XML 2003 session report: Combining multiple vocabularies without tears http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2123 At XML 2003 Murata Makoto discussed how efforts towards ISO Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) (ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 34 WG 1) Part 4 addressed the problem of writing schemata for non-monolithic vocabularies. Schemas Community XML 2003 session report: News from the world of DSDL http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2120 Eric van der Vlist kicked off a block of presentations opening up the world of ISO Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) (ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 34 WG 1), and some of the innovative work being undertaken in that working group. Schemas Community RELAX NG now a full ISO International Standard http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2119 James Clark has announced that the RELAX NG schema language was published by the ISO as an International Standard on December 1st. Schemas Who is using the fundamental facets of W3C XML Schema? http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2077 Michael Sperberg-McQueen posted on XML-DEV a question which seems as surprising as it is surrealistic: does anyone use fundamental facets of W3C XML Schema? Schemas W3C oXygen adds limited Relax NG-driven editing support http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2072 SyncRO Soft has released version 2.0.4 of oXygen XML Editor, adding, among other new features, initial support for validated editing against Relax NG schemas. But that initial support has some shortcomings that make it of limited value in its current state. Tools Schemas James Clark unveils a new XML mode for GNU Emacs http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2061 More magic from James Clark: He's announced the alpha release of nXML, a new mode for editing XML documents from within GNU Emacs. It's a milestone in that it's the first open-source editing application to enable context-sensitive validated editing against Relax NG schemas. It also provides a clever mechanism for real-time, automatic visual identification of validity errors, along with flexible syntax-highlighting capabilities -- and many other features planned for future releases. Tools Schemas