Re: Schematron for structure review (alpha)

Hi Christophe,

Very interesting work, thanks for providing this script. It will help 
the structure reviews a lot, hopefully we can attach this checker right 
into the submission form at some point in the near future.

Regards,
   Shadi


Christophe Strobbe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an old action item to look into automating the structure review
> (<http://www.w3.org/2007/04/10-tsdtf-minutes.html#action01>).
> 
> Attached is the first version of a ISO Schematron file that checks that 
> the required metadata are present; checks for some of the naming 
> conventions have not been implemented yet. Note that this schematron 
> complements the XML Schema for TCDL 2.0; it does not replace the XML 
> Schema.
> The current version uses XSTL 1.0 and XPath 1.0. (I would prefer using 
> XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0, but I haven't found an XSLT 2.0 implementation 
> yet.)
> 
> To run this schematron, you will need
> * an XSLT engine (I use Saxon 8.9 with JDK 1.5; see 
> <http://saxon.sourceforge.net/>),
> * the XSLT implementation from <http://www.schematron.com/validators.html>,
> * a script that saves some typing on the command line (see the attached 
> file 'schematron.text', which you need to rename to 'schematron.bat'). 
> The script generates an XSLT file from the schematron, and then uses 
> that XSLT file to "validate" the TCDL file you specified. It assumes 
> that the XSLT implementation files are in the directory from which 
> you're calling the script. It uses iso_svrl.xsl to output Schematron 
> Validation Report Language (SVRL), but you can also use 
> iso_schematron_text.xsl to output plain text. (There is no XSLT that 
> outputs EARL.)
> 
> If you can't run the schematron (I may have overlooked something in the 
> instructions), please let me know.
> 
> As an alternative to the XSLT implementation, you can also use other 
> tools. For example, the XML editor <oXygen/> supports ISO Schematron 
> since version 8.2: <http://www.oxygenxml.com/validation.html> (<oXygen/> 
> can be run as standalone program adn as Eclipse plugin). For other 
> implementations, see the Schematron Wiki at 
> <http://www.eccnet.com/schematron/index.php/Main_Page>.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Christophe
> 
> 

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