Abstract
Mapping XML Schemas to class definitions and relational schemas allows for seamless marshaling and unmarshaling of an object's state to and from XML documents. W3C XML Schemas provide a rich set of datatypes and validity rules, both built-in, and user definable. It is possible to map data structures defined in a Schema document to data structures in object oriented languages and relational databases. This paper presents approaches to automating such mapping.
In simple cases, a Schema document can be generated based on a class definition,
Summary:
LINQ to XML was developed with Language-Integrated Query over XML in mind and takes advantage of standard query operators and adds query extensions specific to XML. The samples in most of this document are shown in C# for brevity.
Introduction:
XML has achieved tremendous adoption as a basis for formatting data whether in Word files, on the wire, in configuration files, or in databases; XML seems to be everywhere. Yet, from a development perspective, XML is still hard to work with. If you ask the average software developer to work in
Abstract
This document details the responses made by the XML Linking Working Group to issues raised during the Last Call (beginning 6 December 1999 and ending 27 December 1999) review of XPointer . Comments were provided by XML Linking Working Group members, other W3C Working Groups, and the public via the www-xml-linking-comments@w3.org (archive) mailing list.
Status
This document of the W3C's XML Linking Working Group describes the disposition of comment as of June 7 2000 on XPointer Last Call. It may be updated, replaced or rendered obsolete