Resources

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• For a thorough introduction to important XML concepts, see the "XML programming in Java technology" tutorial (developerWorks, September 1999).
  
  
• For a good understanding of the underlying recommendations Xerces uses, see the "Understanding DOM" (developerWorks, September 2001) and "Understanding SAX" tutorials (developerWorks, August 2001).
  
  
• Take the "Validating XML" tutorial for a look at using Xerces to validate an XML document using the W3C's XML schemas (developerWorks, September 2001).
  
  
• For an introduction to XML schemas, read "The basics of using XML Schema to define elements," by Ashvin Radiya and Vibha Dixit (developerWorks, August 2000).
  
  
• Robert Costello provides an extremely detailed look at using XML schemas with his XML Schema Tutorial, which you can find at xFront.com.
  
  
• For a comparison of DTDs and XML Schemas, read Kevin Williams' discussion, "Why XML Schema beats DTDs hands-down for data" (developerWorks, June 2001).
  
  
• Visit XML.org's registry of industry standard schemas.
  
  
• Read Paul Golick and Richard Mader's article on schemas and naming conventions in "Real World XML Schema" (developerWorks, January 2002).
  
  
• For a look at other XML schema proposals, see Robin Cover's schema resources.
  
  
• For information on creating schemas using WebSphere Studio Application Developer, see "XML and WebSphere Studio Application Developer, Part 1: Developing XML Schema" by Christina Lau.
  
  
• For a complete guide to using Xerces to build XML applications, see XML and Java from Scratch , by Nicholas Chase, the author of this tutorial.
  
  
• Xerces API documentation is included with the distribution, or at the Apache project.
  
  
• Find out how you can become an IBM Certified Developer in XML and related technologies.
  
  
• Explore many more XML resources on the developerWorks XML zone.
  
  
• Stay current with developerWorks technical events and Webcasts.
  
  

Get products and technologies

• Download the resource files for the DOMDisplay class mentioned in The Document Object Model (DOM).
  
  
• Download IBM's Schema Quality Checker from alphaWorks (free download with 90-day license, renewable). Schema Quality Checker evaluates your schema documents for errors.
  
  
• Download Xerces-Java from the Apache project.
  
  
• Download versions of Xerces for C++ and Perl.
  
  
• Download versions of Java for various OSes from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/index.html.
  
  
• Download Windows, Linux x86, and Solaris/SPARC x86 versions of Java from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/.
  
  
• Download a Mac OS X version of Java from http://devworld.apple.com/java/.
  
  
• Build your next development project with IBM trial software, available for download directly from developerWorks.
  
  

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Table of contents

• About this tutorial
• Validating parser basics
• Xerces parsing basics
• Xerces validation features
• Creating and using XML Schemas
• Minor XML Schema limitations in Xerces-J
• Summary
• Resources
• About the author

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