Published Report Specification Schema
A report specification is an XML document that defines the structure and layout of a report. The IBM® Cognos® Software Development Kit includes methods to retrieve, validate, and save report specifications to the content store. You can use these methods as well as the XML schema files (*.xsd) that define the structure of a report specification and supporting documentation to
programmatically apply the same changes to a number of reports
automate report creation using a client application