Thanks.

The XML file that I encounter has a line
<manifest xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

I don't quite understand what's the meaning of this line. If you can
provide some examples , that will be more helpful.

On May 2, 6:54 pm, Joe Kesselman <keshlam-nos...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> > typically expanded to "XML Schema Document" or "XML Schema Datatypes" or
>
> ... or XML Schema Definition. Which of these meanings applies depends on
> the context in which the term is used.
>
> > When used as namespace prefixes, they usually expand to different name-
> > space names.
>
> xsd: usually maps to "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", which is the
> namespace for schemas themselves. You'd use this namespace to define the
> datatypes and normal structure of your document.
>
> xsi: usually maps to "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance", which
> is the namespace for schema-related information that appears in instance
> documents. You'd use this namespace to do things like say which schema
> document describes this document, or to state that an element is a
> particular sub-type of the type the schema requires it to be.
>
> If that doesn't help you, ask a more specific question. Or perhaps just read
>        http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-0-20041028/
> or another introduction to XML Schema and its uses. (Herewith, my
> standard plug for the many tutorials and articles athttp://www.ibm.com/xml)
>
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