Difference between xs and xsd schema

[David Gray]

Hi,

Very new (today actually) to XML and was wondering what the difference
between a schema starting <xs:schema and <xsd:schema.

From what I've read XSD is a Microsoft developed schema language XS is
a web consortium standard.

I'm looking to load an orders file (XML version 1) into SQL server
2000 or 2005 using VB script. Which would be the best schema language
for this purpose?


Thanks in advance
Dave

[Martin Honnen]

Re: Difference between xs and xsd schema

David Gray wrote:

Very new (today actually) to XML and was wondering what the difference
between a schema starting <xs:schema and <xsd:schema.

The prefix (e.g. xs or xsd) does not matter at all, what matters is the
namespace URI the prefix is bound to. If it is
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema then it is the W3C XML schema language.
So
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"></xs:schema>
is the same as
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"></xsd:schema>
You can choose a different prefix if you like.



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[David Gray]

Re: Difference between xs and xsd schema

Ok thanks, that makes sense.

If I'm going to be using VB and SQL server I'm guessing that the
schema namespace I should use are the MS version found at
schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data

Cheers
Dave












On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:08:33 +0200, Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yaho o.de>
wrote:

>David Gray wrote:
>

>Very new (today actually) to XML and was wondering what the difference
>between a schema starting <xs:schema and <xsd:schema.

>
>The prefix (e.g. xs or xsd) does not matter at all, what matters is the
>namespace URI the prefix is bound to. If it is
>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema then it is the W3C XML schema language.
>So
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"></xs:schema>
>is the same as
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http ://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"></xsd:schema>
>You can choose a different prefix if you like.