Length 1 page. XML Strategies Advisor Zone Microsoft Visual. The next step towards standardization is for other working groups, member companies, and developers to implement XML Schema and provide technical feedback. XML Schemas define shared markup vocabularies and enable machines to carry out man-made rules.
Schemas provide a way to define the structure, content, and semantics of XML documents.
They provide better integration with XML Namespaces to make it easier to define the elements and attributes in a namespace, as well as validate documents that use multiple namespaces defined by different Schemas. The Schema specification consists of three parts. The first specifies a set of simple data types, which can be associated with XML element types and attributes and lets XML software do a better job of managing dates, numbers, and other types of information. Michael McQueen, another co-chair of the XML Schema Working group, says that the W3C will only make changes to the code if it is absolutely necessary. McQueen said that the next step is to publish a proposal recommendation, and then finally recommend it to be ratified as a W3C standard.