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Subject: Fw: SV: [xml-dev] Number of active public XML schemas
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 > > > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > >initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > > >The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > >manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > >initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > > >The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > >manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > > > > > > > >
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