Document Schema Definition Languages

Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) is a framework within which multiple validation tasks of different types can be applied to an XML document in order to achieve more complete validation results than just the application of a single technology.

It is specified by the standard International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission 19757.

DSDL is a multipart standard defining a modular set of specifications for describing the document structures, data types, and data relationships in structured information resources.

Part 0 Overview [http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0275.htm]

Part 1 Interoperability framework

Part 2 Grammar-based validation - RELAX NG

Part 3 Rule-based validation - Schematron

Part 4 Namespace-based validation dispatching language - NVDL

Part 5 Datatypes

Part 6 Path-based integrity constraints

Part 7 Character repertoire validation

Part 8 Declarative document manipulation

Part 9 Datatype- and namespace-aware DTD

Part 10 Validation Management

= See also =

RELAX NG

Schematron

DTD

Namespace Routing Language

XML Schema

= External links =

*[http://dsdl.org/ Home page for DSDL]