I am working on an agency-wide "Contacts" database, which keeps names, addresses, phones, pagers, organizations, etc. and feeds them to mailing labels, PDA address books, .NAB files for use with GroupWise, spreadsheets, etc. I'd like to use XML for data exchange.
The DTD tutorial on W3CSchools says, "With a DTD, independent groups of people can agree to use a common DTD for interchanging data." It seems likely that there is already an existing "Address" schema or "Contacts" schema to which I can validate.
The tutorial's idea of common DTDs (now Schemas)sounds good, but where do I get in touch with other groups that use them? Alternatively, is there a clearinghouse of extant schemas and DTDs to which people already agree? Or did I misunderstand the philosophy of the tutorial altogether?
Ron
The DTD tutorial on W3CSchools says, "With a DTD, independent groups of people can agree to use a common DTD for interchanging data." It seems likely that there is already an existing "Address" schema or "Contacts" schema to which I can validate.
The tutorial's idea of common DTDs (now Schemas)sounds good, but where do I get in touch with other groups that use them? Alternatively, is there a clearinghouse of extant schemas and DTDs to which people already agree? Or did I misunderstand the philosophy of the tutorial altogether?
Ron