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Subject: Re: [regrep] [Fwd: [xml-dev] Extract A Subset of a W3C XML Schema?]




Farrukh Najmi wrote:

> Today a client may query the registry for a static document based upon 
> a specified sleection criterea within the query. 

Option 1: How we implemented this is to make an XML serialization of a 
set of "contexts".  The query is the equivalent of the english:

"Please tell me what an XML schema should look like for a purchase order 
if I am using it within these contexts.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ContextRules ID="variableGoesHere">
  <BusinessProcessContext businessProcessName="Procurement" />
  <ProductClassificationContext classificationScheme="UNSPSC" 
value="3324" />
  <IndustryClassificationContext classificationScheme="NAICS" 
value="2234" />
  <GeoPoliticalContext Global="false" classificationScheme="ISO" 
value="CA" />
  <OfficialConstraintsContext constraintName="trade embargo" 
officialConstraintAuthority="UN" constraintValue="UN1441" />
  <BusinessProcessRoleContext businessProcessIdentifier="variableBPN" 
roleAssumed="variableRoleName" />
  <SupportingRoleContext supportingRoleIdentifier="var" 
supportingRoleContraintValue="var" />
  <SystemsCapabilititesContext dataFormatSupported="var" value="variable" />
</ContextRules>

The ID at the beginning would be a good way to group a set of context 
values together.  

If these could be nmapped to a set of classification nodes, by the time 
you get to the last classification, there shoud;l sit your final schema 
(contextually specific to constrain BIE's).

OPTION 2: The other option is for this to be done outside the registry.

The special query would be made into a set of smaller queries, each for 
one specific data element.  Each data element query would then be 
located within the registry, then given back to the "Assembly 
Application" to complete final assembly into a schema.  

I favour #2 more.  

> Imagine that in future a query can specify a document containing 
> assembly instructions. The registry in response assembles the 
> "virtual" document on the fly based upon the constituent "parts" 
> specified in the assembly instructions. The "virtual" document is 
> returned to the client as if it were a static physical document. 

The document above may be broken down into individual queries.  Keeping 
it all atomic probably will increase the likelyhood of re-use.  The flip 
side is to make a document for all the contexts, a registry would have 
to have over 10,000,000 static documents to account for all the 
combinations.  That is based on only one classification scheme for each 
context.

Still - I am very interested in discussing this further.  The other way 
has merits too.

Cheers

Duane


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