Simple types in XML schema complex types

Patent 7143346 Issued on November 28, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 22, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Inventors

Application

No. 10763092 filed on 01/22/2004

US Classes:

715/513, Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)707/102, Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)709/219, Accessing a remote server707/100DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE

Examiners

Primary: Bashore, William
Assistant: Blackwell, James H.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 17/00

Abstract

Within the scope of existing XML Schema specifications, an approach is provided to embed simple types within a complex type so an XML stream can have instances of the embedded simple types, even without the presence of XML elements. Because the approach is within the scope of existing XML Schema specifications, the approach is transparent to known XML parsers. With the approach, an XML schema will have a complex type with a mixed flag set to true and an element set to be a dummy element. The dummy element has a simple type and one of (i) a name of the dummy element and (ii) a name of the simple type is one of a predetermined set of names. This XML schema is for use with a parser which, on parsing the schema, will interpret the dummy element as one of an embedded simple type and an inherited simple type.

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