Re: [ubl] [Fwd: New Release of NIST's XML Schema Quality of DesignTool]

[Tim McGrath <tim.mcgrath@documentengineeringservices.com>]

why isn't UBL listed in the sets announced?

it would be useful if peole knew this.

Betty Harvey wrote:
> As some of you are aware, I have been helping NIST in developing schema's,
> transformations and authoring tools to support NDRs in general and QOD.
> This latest version provides the ability to import and export NDR profiles
> and tests in XML.
>
> There are a limited number UBL testcases already in QOD.
>
> I thought the UBL committee might be interested in this tool!
>
> Betty
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> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: New Release of NIST's XML Schema Quality of Design Tool
> From:    "KC Morris" <kcm@nist.gov>
> Date:    Thu, May 22, 2008 11:24 am
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> NIST is pleased to announce a new release of the XML Schema Quality of
> Design Tool -- QOD.
>
> QOD assists in consistently using XML Schema for the specification of
> information. QOD is intended for both people developing guidelines for
> writing high quality XML schemas and those writing XML schemas.  The
> purpose of QOD is to improve the quality of the XML schemas.   The
> system allows users to define rules for writing quality XML Schemas and
> to test schemas against those rules.  This release of the tool includes
> improvements to the user interface, performance, and display of results,
> support for ISO Schematron for writing tests, and the addition of an
> import and export capability to facilitate off-line development of tests.
>
> The QOD site also contains a number of sample sets of tests for XML
> Schema Naming and Design Rule (NDR) specifications. In addition to the
> improvements to the tool, the number of tests available also has been
> expanded.   Extensive sets of test based on the following specifications
> are available:
>
>  * The OAGIS*^® * 9.0 XML Naming and Design Rules Standard
>    <http://www.openapplications.org/downloads/oagis/loadfrm90NDR.htm>,
>    Open Applications Group, September 30, 2005.
>
>  * "IRS XML Standards and Guidelines."
>    <http://xml.coverpages.org/IRS-NDR-200508.pdf> Edited by Sol
>    Safran <mailto:Sol.Safran@irs.gov> (IRS, Enterprise Data
>    Management). Draft document. From Volume 4, IRS Enterprise Data
>    Standards and Guidelines (Special Tools and Techniques), September
>    2006.
>
>  * Department of the Navy XML Naming and Design Rules
>    <http://xml.coverpages.org/DON-XML-NDR20050127-33942.pdf>. Final
>    Version 2.0. Office of the DON, Chief Information Officer. January
>    2005.
>
> As a guest user, you may use these rules to check whether a schema that
> you are developing or uses meets those guidelines. More advanced users
> are able to create their own rules and make sets of rules available to
> their communities.
>
> For more information, check it out at http://nist.gov/qod!
>
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