Patent Document ID: 8683323
Application ID: 13346390

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: obtaining a first XML schema and a second XML schema; with a processor, identifying one or more schema objects of each of the first XML schema and the second XML schema; comparing one of the identified schema objects of the first XML schema with one of the identified schema objects of the second XML schema; if a difference is detected between the compared schema objects, evaluating a risk of the detected difference affecting operation of a composite application incorporating the first schema or the second schema; and issuing a notification of the evaluated risk of the detected difference; wherein evaluating the risk comprises evaluating the risk in accordance with a predetermined rule.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first or second XML schema comprises an XML Schema Definition (XSD) document, a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) definition, or a Web Application Description Language (WADL) definition.