Submission request to W3C
We, W3C Members Microsoft, ArborText, DataChannel, and Inso hereby submit to the Consortium the following specification comprising the document(s) linked below:
which collectively are referred to as "the submission". We request the submission be known as the "XML Data Schemas" submission.
Abstract
This document provides a specification (XML-Data) for describing and exchanging structured and networked data on the Web. Such exchange is facilitated by schemas defining the characteristics of classes of objects. The objects can be syntactic constructs such as are used in XML instances, or may be more abstract such as are found in databases, information models or directed, labeled graphs. This paper describes an XML vocabulary for schemas. One immediate implication of these ideas is a substantive part of the functionnalities of XML document types can now be described using the XML instance syntax itself, rather than DTD syntax. We expect XML-Data to be useful for a wide range of applications, such as describing database transfers or remotely-located Web resources.
Microsoft agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Microsoft to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Microsoft and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Microsoft expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Microsoft expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Inso agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Inso to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Inso and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Inso expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Inso expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
DataChannel agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from DataChannel to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against DataChannel and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. DataChannel expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
DataChannel expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
ArborText agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from ArborText to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against ArborText and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. ArborText expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
ArborText expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
The following are registered marks refered to in this request or the submission: n/a.
The submission may distributed within the membership of the W3C free of any fee.
The submission may be distributed publicly free of any fee
The following points should be noted as regards licensable technology involved in any third party implementations of the technology specified in the submission: n/a.
We suggest that the Consortium hold a workshop to discuss the submission and/or adopt the submission as a Recommendation and/or continue evolution of the proposal within the XML and Meta-data work areas.
To help with this work, each submitting member expects to be able to provide one non-resident document editor to the Consortium.
Should any changes be required to the document, we would expect future versions to be produced by W3C process.
Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directed to: see below.