Fw: SV: [xml-dev] Number of active public XML schemas

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Ram,

FYI.

I did not look - but is CIQ part of this?

DW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David RR Webber (XML)" <w3c@drrw.info>
To: <david@drrw.info>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: SV: [xml-dev] Number of active public XML schemas


> Brian Nielsen wrote:
>
> >Ron,
> >
> >The XML Project of the Danish Government has a repository called the
> >Infostructurebase http://isb.oio.dk with XML schemas publicly available
on
> >http://rep.oio.dk. The XML schemas can be accessed via a search facility
on
> >http://isb.oio.dk/rep and currently there are 1574 schemas in the
> >repository. Most of the XML schemas are in active use in egov systems
> >although some are old versions probably no longer in service. Only a few
> >percent of the schemas are for testing purpose.
> >
> >The Infostructurebase is part of the Danish e-Government Project and a
> >strategic element in the architecture for e-Government. The main purpose
and
> >value is to support exchange and reuse of data related to public and
private
> >service delivery, including cooperation, business reengineering, and
> >alignment of related services. Please read more on http://isb.oio.dk
> >
> >
> >Hopefully I'll be able to join your evening session at XML 2004, on XML
and
> >DB.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >
> >
> >Brian Nielsen
> >IT Strategic Division
> >National IT- and Telecom Agency
> >Denmark
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> >Fra: Ronald Bourret [mailto:rpbourret@rpbourret.com]
> >Sendt: 28. oktober 2004 11:15
> >Til: xml-dev
> >Emne: [xml-dev] Number of active public XML schemas
> >
> >
> >I got an interesting question a couple of weeks ago -- roughly how many
> >XML schemas are publicly available and actually being used?
> >
> >I spent two evenings poking around the Web with a modem (not DSL),
> >looking for schemas that at least appeared to be active. In that time, I
> >found around 100 schemas that fit my criteria, which was simply that a
> >date of 2003 or 2004 was somehow associated with the schema and that the
> >schema appeared to be from some semi-reputable organization.
> >
> >My research was primarily done by looking at  the XML Cover Pages [1],
> >OASIS [2], xml.org [3], and Barry & Associates [4]. The Cover Pages have
> >500+ schemas listed, but an awful lot of these seem to have died -- 
> >there was a flurry of intention from 1999-2001 that didn't produce much.
> >xml.org had the same problem, although to a lesser extent, while Barry &
> >Associates was somewhat better. OASIS was hard to get a read on; some
> >projects looked real and some looked like nothing more than good
intentions.
> >
> > From there, I went to Google and typed in <industry-name> xml, such as
> >airline xml. This actually had surprisingly good results -- most areas
> >turned up something of substance -- but was very slow going.
> >
> >The interesting question, then, is how many vertical schemas are out
> >there that are actually being used? Certainly the number 100 is a
> >low-end figure, for several reasons:
> >
> >1) I'm reasonably sure that at least 75% of the schemas I found are
> >being used, probably more.
> >
> >2) The definition of "schema" is very fuzzy. Many of the schemas I
> >listed are actually multiple schemas, such as HL7, OTA, and the UK
> >government. If you count these individually, you'll easily exceed 200
> >schemas.
> >
> >3) My search was far from complete. On the Cover Pages, I checked
> >perhaps 30 schemas. On xml.org, I checked about 25%. And on Google, I
> >checked less than 10 industry areas out of ~40 I could think of.
> >
> >At this point, I'll take a wild guess and estimate that I found roughly
> >1/4 to 1/2 of all active, publicly available industry schemas. The
> >reason I'm so optimistic is that (a) so many of the Cover Page schemas
> >were failures or pet projects that, even if still alive, aren't really
> >being used, and (b) most industry searches aren't likely to turn up more
> >than a few schemas. Note that this number does not include
> >product-specific schemas or schemas used privately, of which I'm sure
> >there are thousands.
> >
> >You can look at the list of schemas I found at [5].
> >
> >Comments?
> >
> >-- Ron
> >
> >[1] http://xml.coverpages.org/xml.html#applications
> >[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php
> >[3] http://www.xml.org/xml/registry.jsp
> >[4]
http://www.service-architecture.com/xml/articles/xml_vocabularies.html
> >[5] http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/VerticalSchemas.htm
> >
> >
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