XDR Schema Developer's Guide

XML-Data Reduced (XDR) schema is a subset of ideas described in the XML-Data specification, specifically the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML-Data Note and the Document Content Description (DCD) initiative for XML.

MSXML 2.0 and later provide XDR schema support.

For more information about authoring XDR schemas, see the following topics.

• Referencing XDR Schemas in XML Documents
• Defining Elements and Attributes
• Content Model
• Using XDR Schema Data Types
• Extensibility
• XDR Schemas and the DOM
• XDR Schemas and Namespaces
• Using Inline Schemas
• Representing the XDR Schema as a DTD

Other Resources

XML-Data Note | Document Content Description (DCD) for XML