Intermediate - Advanced Level Users.
The XML Schema standard describes a powerful and expressive grammar for defining hierarchical data structures. This book quickly teaches you the core essentials so that you can begin to apply XML Schemas in your own prototypes and architectures.
The first part of the book covers the mechanics of XML Schema - what it is, what it does and how to use it. Part 2 covers various techniques for processing and validating XML documents. The third part of this text covers larger concerns regarding the sharing of schema information, decoupling data models from processing models, and how schemas fit naturally in a distributed architecture.
