XML schema are a very useful tool for XML developers because they help you define your XML documents, using XML. When XML first came out, in order to write valid XML you had to write a Document Type Definition to go along with it. And then validating parsers would validate your XML against that DTD. But DTDs are hard to write. XML schema uses XML to write the definition of your XML document, and once you understand XML you will be able to read and write an XML schema. Of course, it also helps if you have an article like Darla's latest How to Write Your First XML Schema to get you started. And of course, if you're just getting started with XML, you should check out Darla's XML Tutorials.

XML Schema will help you build better XML originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Friday, June 18th, 2010 at 09:44:35.

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