Re: Although no external representation of schemas is required ... What is an "external" representation?

At 2012-06-28 12:15 +0000, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
>In section 3.1.2 of the Structures specification it says:
>
>     Although no external representation of schemas
>     is required ...
>
>What is an "external" representation of an XML Schema?

Typically XML Schema syntax in XML (though I gather there are some 
experiments out there with alternative syntaxes).

>External to what?

The schema processor.

>What is a non-external (internal?) representation of an XML Schema? 
>Do such things exist?

They can.  As a convenience a processor can build-in the schema 
components of a given namespace such that the user need not have to 
supply an external expression of those schema components.

I don't know any that do, just because I haven't looked, but it is 
certainly possible for a processor to offer this.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . Ken

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