Thanks Farrukh.
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to discuss this in context of his experience in OASIS CAM.
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Context - hahaha (there's a joke in there that some folks may get):)
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Maybe we can add this to next week agenda for discussion?
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Absolutely - it's on the list.
Joe
Farrukh Najmi wrote:
>
> Chiusano Joseph wrote:
>
> >Forwarding from XML-DEV - the original question was:
> >
> ><Quote>
> >I have been asked what tools can extract a part of a schema. The
> >overall schema is large, complex, and imports five or six other schemas
> >into several target namespaces. The individual involved wants to create
> >a smaller subset that contains everything that one project needs, for
> >the purposes of instruction and training.
> ></Quote>
> >
> >Please see my response below, discussing what our Registry will be able
> >to do for him in the future.
> >
> This is good Joe.
>
> I too have been thinking about this concept under the title of
> supporting "Dynamic Content Assembly" of any type of content within the
> registry with focus on XML content of course. David Webber and I plan to
> speak on this concept today or tomorrow to discuss this in context of
> his experience in OASIS CAM. This idea of server side "Dynamic Content
> Assembly" is an essential feature for Enterprise Content Management
> (ECM). I think it is much more interesting to support this as a
> capability within the registry than as a feature outside the registry
> within registry client.
>
> Maybe we can add this to next week agenda for discussion? Thanks.
>
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject:
> > Re: [xml-dev] Extract A Subset of a W3C XML Schema?
> > From:
> > Joseph Chiusano <>
> > Date:
> > Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:57:09 -0400
> > To:
> > "Thomas B. Passin" <>
> >
> >
> >Tom,
> >
> >This won't help you in the immediate present (don't you like it when a
> >response starts like that?;) but:
> >
> >In the future, my vision is that the OASIS/ebXML Registry will allow one
> >to do exactly this. The Registry architecture does not yet (explicitly)
> >allow for the registration of "fine-grained" XML artifacts such as
> >elements/attributes/datatypes/namespace identifiers, but I am working to
> >ensure that in the future it will (and am confident that we will reach
> >this goal within the next year).
> >
> >So, referencing your example, my vision is that one would be able to
> >query the Registry for all elements/attributes/datatypes that belong to
> >targetNamespace XYZ, and select a subset of those elements to be
> >included in a new schema that is then assembled using that subset.
> >
> >Kind Regards,
> >Joe Chiusano
> >Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> >Member, OASIS/ebXML Registry TC
> >
> >"Thomas B. Passin" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have been asked what tools can extract a part of a schema. The overall
> >>schema is large, complex, and imports five or six other schemas into several
> >>target namespaces. The individual involved wants to create a smaller subset
> >>that contains everything that one project needs, for the purposes of
> >>instruction and training.
> >>
> >>The problem is how to get all the necessary pieces so that nothing is left
> >>out that is required for the schema to work. XML Spy can be helpful with
> >>its graphics, but there is no link from the graphics view to the text view,
> >>so it is hard to find the pictured piece of the XML for copying. You can
> >>do some degree of copying and pasting the graphics view blocks between
> >>schemas, but of course you have to keep track yourself of the bits you have
> >>already transferred. Also it is hard to be sure you have gotten everything
> >>you need.
> >>
> >>Does anyone know of such a tool? If not, any suggestions based on actual
> >>experience in doing this kind of task? It seems to me that finding all the
> >>dependencies within the schema and its imports would be the hardest part.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>Tom P
> >>
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> --
> Farrukh
