XSD Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 5.10, by Dr. Herong Yang

Introduction to XML Schema

This chapter provides a quick introduction of XML Schema. Topics include what is XML Schema, what is XSD, how to validate XML documents again XSD files, reviewing a simple application example of XML Schema.

What Is XSD (XML Schema Definition)?

"Hello world!" Example of XSD

XML Schema Processors

Table of Contents

 About This Book

Introduction to XML Schema

 XML Editor and Schema Processor - XMLPad

 Java API for XML Processing - JAXP

 JAXP - XML Schema (XSD) Validation

 Xerces2 Java Parser - Java API of XML Parsers

 Using Xerces2 Java API

 XML Schema Language - Basics

 Introduction of XSD Built-in Datatypes

 "string" and Its Derived Datatypes

 "decimal" and Its Derived Datatypes

 "dateTime" and Its Related Datatypes

 Miscellaneous Built-in Datatypes

 Facets, Constraining Facets and Restriction Datatypes

 "simpleType" - Defining Your Own Simple Datatypes

 Complex Element Declaration

 Identity-Constraints: unique, key and keyref

 Assertion as Custom Validation Rules

 XML Schema Location and Namespace in XML Documents

 Overriding Element Types in XML Documents

 Linking Multiple Schema Documents Together

 Glossary

 References

 PDF Printing Version

Introduction to XML Schema - Updated in 2014, by Dr. Herong Yang