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XML Schema: Formal Description Working Draft Published

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Published:: 20 March 2001

Based on the syntax in XML Schema Part 1: Structures, a first Working Draft of XML Schema: Formal Description has been published. The formalization is a declarative system for describing and naming XML Schema information, specifying XML instance type information, and validating instances against schemas. Read about the W3C XML Activity.

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