Directory of Validation Resources

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Sites about the various competing ways to validate XML documents for correctness according to a schema definition, including: DTDs, XML Schema, and rule-based approaches.

Subcategories

• DTDs
• Historical Schema Languages
• RELAX NG
• Schematron
• XML Schema

Resources in This Category

• Comparative Analysis of Six XML Schema Languages

  http://www.cobase.cs.ucla.edu/tech-docs/dongwon/ucla-200008.html
  Paper by Dongwon Lee and Wesley W. Chu comparing XML DTD, XML Schema, XDR, SOX, Schematron, and DSD.

• Examplotron

  http://examplotron.org/
  Uses instance documents as a lightweight schema language; sample documents are marked up with the information needed to guide a validator.

• Schemachine

  http://www.topologi.com/public/Schemachine.pdf
  Specification of a framework for modular validation of XML documents.

• Trang

  http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/trang.html
  A open source multi-format schema converter based on RELAX NG. Includes documentation and download.

• XML Well-Formedness Checker and Validator

  http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/xml-check.html
  Checks an XML document (specified by URL) for well-formedness and optionally DTD-based validity and namespace correctness. Outputs canonical XML. Runs over the web and can be downloaded.

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