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Bug 5378 - [SCD] XML representation of schema components
Summary: [SCD] XML representation of schema components
Status: RESOLVED LATER
Alias: None
Product: XML Schema
Classification: Unclassified
Component: SCDS: XML Schema Component Designators (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mary Holstege
QA Contact: XML Schema comments list
URL: http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2007/09/scds
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Reported: 2008-01-15 22:37 UTC by Mary Holstege
Modified: 2008-01-15 22:38 UTC (History)
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Description Mary Holstege 2008-01-15 22:37:04 UTC 
See: http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2007/09/scds

For some purposes, the best way to enable metadata querying would be to define a useful standard XML representation of components, so that searches in the metadata can be performed as searches (using XQuery or XSLT or XPath) on the XML representation of the schema.

The XML Query and XSL Working Groups believe that the XML Schema Working should define an XML representation of schema components, probably in a separate document.
Comment 1 Mary Holstege 2008-01-15 22:38:47 UTC 
The WG considered this comment at the October 2007 F2F.
This idea has been explored in the past (e.g. xsv -r) and has some merit. 
The WG does not feel it can take on this work at this time.  Therefore, marking this as LATER.