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This page is offered as a reference library to common (and uncommon) industry and cross-industry schemas.

Please bear in mind that the contents of these resources are in a state of constant flux - being changed, revised, anulled and revived as business needs evolve. Regardless, we will do our best to keep these links current through the years. If you feel that there is a legitimate industry schema missing from this list, please contact us at standards@altova.com.

This resource is intended for informational purposes only. The appearance of a specification on this page in no way reflects an Altova endorsement.

Industry/Field

Web Site

Full Name

Latest Version

	Archiving		EAD		Encoded Archival Description		XSD
	Advertising		AdsML		AdsML		ZIP
	Agriculture		AgXML		Agriculture Markup Language		(login required)
	Architecture		ADML		Architecture Description Markup Language		HTML
	Automotive		STAR		Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail		ZIP
	Biology		BioML		Biopolymer Markup Language		HTML
	Biology		CellML		Cell Markup Language		HTML
	Biology		EMBLxml		European Molecular Biology Laboratory XML		XSD
	Biology		INSDSeq		International Nucleotide Sequence Database		DTD
	Biology		MAGE-ML		Microarray Gene Expression Markup Language		DTD
	Biology		MaXML		Mouse Annotation XML		DTD
	Biology		NeuroML		NeuroML		XSD
	Biology		RNAML		RNA Markup Language		XSD
	Biology		SBML		Systems Biology Markup Language		XSD
	Biology		XCBF		XML Common Biometric Format		DOC
	Business		B2MML		Business to Manufacturing Markup Language		ZIP
	Business		BatchML		Batch Markup Language		ZIP
	Business		BPEL4WS		Business Process Execution Language for Web Services		PDF
	Business		CAM		Content Assembly Mechanism		XSD
	Business		ebXML		Electronic Business using XML		HTML
	Business		UBL		Universal Business Language		ZIP
	Business		xCBL		XML Common Business Library		ZIP (login required)
	Chemistry		Chem eStandards		Chem eStandards		ZIP
	Chemistry		CML		Chemical Markup Language		JAR
	Documentation		DITA		Darwin Information Typing Architecture		ZIP
	Documentation		DocBook		DocBook		XSD
	Documentation		IEEE DTD		IEEE Standards DTD		DTD
	Education		SIF		Schools Interoperability Framework		XSD
	Education		SCORM		Sharable Content Object Reference Model		ZIP
	Education		SIF XML		Schools Interoperability Framework XML		XSD
	Finance		FIXML		Financial Information eXchange Markup Language		HTML
	Finance		FpML		Financial products Markup Language		(login required)
	Finance		IFX		Interactive Financial eXchange		(login required)
	Finance		MDDL		Market Data Definition Language		ZIP
	Finance		OFX		Open Financial Exchange		ZIP
	Finance		RIXML		Research Information eXchange Markup Language		XSD
	Finance		smbXML		Small and Medium Business XML		DTD
	Finance		XBRL		eXtensible Business Reporting Language		ZIP
	Geneology		GenXML		Geneology XML		XSD
	Geography		KML		KML		HTML
	Geography		GML		Geography Markup Language		DIR
	Government		CAP		Common Alerting Protocol		PDF
	Government		EDXL		Emergency Data Language Exchange		XSD
	Government		EML		Election Markup Language		DIR
	Government		NIEM		National Information Exchange Model		ZIP
	Healthcare		HL7		Health Level 7		ZIP
	Healthcare		SNOMED-CT		Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms		ZIP
	Human Resources		HR-XML		Human Resources XML		(login required)
	Insurance		ACORD LAH		ACORD Life, Annuity & Health		(login required)
	Insurance		ACORD PCS		ACORD Property & Casualty/Surety		(login required)
	Insurance		ACORD RLC		ACORD Reinsurance & Large Commercial		(login required)
	Legal		Global JXDM		Global Justice XML Data Model		ZIP
	Manufacturing		papiNet		Paper Industry Network		ZIP
	Manufacturing		PSLX		Planning and Scheduling Language on XML		XSD
	Mathematics		GraphML		GraphML		XSD
	Mathematics		MathML		Mathematics Markup Language		XSD
	Media		NewsML 1		NewsML 1		XSD
	Media		NewsML-G2		NewsML-G2		ZIP
	Media		NITF		News Industry Text Format		XSD
	Media		PRISM		Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata		ZIP
	Media		TT DFXP		Timed Text Distribution Format Exchange Profile		ZIP
	Metadata		BibTeXML		BibTeXML		ZIP
	Metadata		DAML+OIL		DARPA Agent Markup Language, Ontology Interface Layer		XSD
	Metadata		Dublin Core		Dublin Core Metadata Element Set		HTML
	Metadata		MARCXML		MAchine Readable Cataloging		XSD
	Metadata		METS		Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard		XSD
	Metadata		MODSXML		Metadata Object Description Set		XSD
	Metadata		OWL		Web Ontology Language		.html
	Metadata		RDF/XML		Resource Description Framework XML		HTML
	Metadata		TEI		Text Encoding Initiative		HTML
	Metadata		XMI		XML Metadata Interchange		PDF
	Metadata		SMIL		Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language		ZIP
	Metadata		SVG		Scalable Vector Graphics		DTD
	Natural Resources		PIDX		Petroleum Industry Data eXchange		ZIP
	Natural Resources		XMML		eXploration and Mining Markup Language		DIR
	Pharmaceuticals		cTOC		Investigational New Drug Application Cumulative Table of Contents		ZIP
	Pharmaceuticals		eCTD		Electronic Common Technical Document		.pdf
	Pharmaceuticals		HapMap		HapMap		XSD
	Pharmaceuticals		PIM DES		PIM Data Exchange Standard		HTML
	Publishing		Atom		Atom Publishing Protocol		TXT
	Publishing		Sitemap Protocol		Sitemap Protocol		HTML
	Publishing		ICE		Information and Content Exchange		HTML
	Publishing		JDF		Job Definition Specification		ZIP
	Publishing		PROSE/XML		PROSE/XML		DTD
	Publishing		RSS		Really Simple Syndication		HTML
	Real Estate		MISMO		Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization		HTML
	Real Estate		RETS		Real Estate Transaction Standard		DTD
	Recreation		MusicXML		MusicXML		ZIP
	Recreation		RecipeML		Recipe Markup Language		DTD
	Recreation		SportsML-G2		SportsML-G2		ZIP
	Science		CDFML		Common Data Format Markup Language		XSD
	Security		AVDL		Application Vulnerability Description Language		PDF
	Security		SAML		Security Assertion Markup Language		ZIP
	Security		XACML		Extensible Access Control Markup Language		ZIP
	Software		DSML		Directory Services Markup Language		XSD
	Software		Microsoft Office 2003		WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, FormTemplate XML, DataDiagramingML		EXE
	Software		Open Office XML		Open Office XML		ZIP
	Software		P3P		Platform for Privacy Preferences		XSD
	Software		SPML		Service Provisioning Markup Lanaguage		ZIP
	Software		SyncML		Synchronization Markup Language		ZIP
	Software		WSDL		Web Services Description Language		HTML
	Speech		SSML		Speech Synthesis Markup Language		XSD
	Speech		VoiceXML		Voice eXtensible Markup Language		DTD
	Taxes		IRS		Form 8871 & 8871 XML Schemas		HTML
	Taxes		Tax XML		Federation of Tax Administrators		ZIP
	Travel		OTA		Open Travel Alliance		(login required)
	Weather		DWML		Digital Weather Markup Language		XSD