There you will find the following Core 4.0 related
documents: Introduction, Element
Outline, Element Description, and the
VRA Core XML Schema and Examples
page. This last page, beautifully
designed by our schema author Esme
Cowles, has links to two XML schemas (one
lax and one strict) and a
number of examples submitted by DSC members.
Each example has 2 data
"views," created by xslt stylesheets to illustrate
how the XML data may
be formatted for different kinds of display, in
addition to a raw XML
data view. At the bottom of this page are links
to an XML validator,
some XML information sites, and the stylesheets and
java source code
used to format the examples.
We are currently
looking for brave beta testers to put the XML schema
through its paces by
testing it against real-world data and
applications. An Online
Discussion Forum has been set up where anyone can post, read, and/or reply
to comments,
questions, and suggestions. It is accessible from
http://www.vraweb.org/datastandards/VRA_Core4_Welcome.html You do not need to be a VRA member to read, post, or reply to
this forum. Just click on the Online Discussion Forum link, pull down the
Community menu (top left), choose Bulletin Board, then click on the VRA Core 4.0
Beta link. If you are not a VRA member, please be
sure to include
your name and institutional affiliation along with your
post so we know
who's talking! The success of the XML schema depends on
testing
its limits in a variety of settings and with different kinds of
collection
data. All of these documents represent working drafts that
may change
at any time, based on input received via the Discussion Forum
so don't be
shy about making yourself heard. Your suggestions and
findings
will help shape this into a truly useful tool. Please try to
send your
comments and/or test results to the Online Discussion Forum by January 31,
2006
Jan Eklund
Chair, VRA Data Standards Committee
