Federal XML Naming and Design Rules and Guidelines

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Federal XML Naming and Design Rules and Guidelines

• January 18, 2006

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Section 1 Introduction

• Scope is Data-Centric specific
• Added Assumptions subsection
• XML Technologies
• Governance
• Registry
• Clarified use of XML Schema to XSD

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Section 2 General XML Constructs

• Lots more text around explaining rules
• Added snippet examples
• Added Message Exchange Patterns
• Presents the common synchronous asynchronous
  communications
• Added some notes where agency schemas would
  differ from the federal

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Section 3 Developing Dictionary Content

• Focused section on syntax neutral elements
• Explain element dictionary apart from XML
• Moved XML element naming rules to Section 4

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Next Review

• Remaining Sections
• 4 Developing XML Content
• 5 Extending Restricting Types
• 6 Code Lists, ID Lists, Errors Ack.
• 7 Miscellaneous XML Rules
• 8 XML Instances
• Distribute February 8th
• Recommend Teleconference
• February 13th
• About an hour