obix-xml message

Subject: Metadata

From: "Doug Ransom" <Doug.Ransom@pwrm.com>
To: "OBIX XML" <obix-xml@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:41:06 -0700

Title: Metadata

If our goal for next meeting is to think about how we convey point or object metadata and it might be used for reflection-like services, I think it is useful to note the following are available on most platforms that support XML and Web Services:

APIs to process XML Schemas, RelaxNg Schemas, and WSDL to create data structures and objects that can be invoked (as opposed to simply validation)
Schematron implementations, which can be used to express constraints about data that XML Schema or WSDL cannot
XPATH, which a lot of web service specs seem to mention
XSLT

and we discussed WS-Metadata earlier today.

I think it is helpful to be familiar with all of these technologies so we can map them onto use cases or take ideas from them as appropriate.

Doug Ransom
Energy Analytics Domain Expert
Power Measurement
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