The xml-model Processing Instruction

The xml-model processing instruction associates a schema with the XML document that contains the processing instruction. It must be added at the beginning of the document, just after the XML prologue. The following code snippet contains an xml-model processing instruction declaration:

<?xml-model href="../schema.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron" phase="ALL" title="Main schema"?>

It is available in the Content Completion Assistant, before XML document root element, and includes the following attributes:

• href (required) - The schema file location.
• type - The content type of the schema. This is an optional attribute with the following possible values for each specified type:
  • DTD - The recommended value is application/xml-dtd.
  • W3C XML Schema - The recommended value is application/xml, or can be left unspecified.
  • RELAX NG XML Syntax - The recommended value is application/xml, or can be left unspecified.
  • RELAX NG Compact Syntax - The recommended value is application/relax-ng-compact-syntax.
  • Schematron - The recommended value is application/xml, or can be left unspecified.
  • NVDL - The recommended value is application/xml, or can be left unspecified.
• schematypens - The namespace for the schema language of the referenced schema with the following possible values:
  • DTD - Not specified.
  • W3C XML Schema - The recommended value is http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.
  • RELAX NG XML Syntax - The recommended value is http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0.
  • RELAX NG Compact Syntax - Not specified.
  • Schematron - The recommended value is http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron.
  • NVDL - The recommended value is http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/nvdl/ns/structure/1.0.
• phase - The phase name for the validation function in Schematron schema. This is an optional attribute. To run all phases from the Schematron, use the special #ALL value. If the phase is not specified, the default phase that is configured in the Schematron will be applied.
• title - The title for the associated schema. This is an optional attribute.

Older versions of Oxygen XML Editor used the oxygen processing instruction with the following attributes:

• RNGSchema - Specifies the path to the Relax NG schema that is associated with the current document.
• type - Specifies the type of Relax NG schema. It is used along with the RNGSchema attribute and can have the value xml or compact.
• NVDLSchema - Specifies the path to the NVDL schema that is associated with the current document.
• SCHSchema - Specifies the path to the SCH schema that is associated with the current document.