xmlns

Flat XML Schema

An XML Namespace

All examples in this specification assume this namespace has been declared with fx prefix; ie: xmlns:fx="https://github.com/katmore/flat/wiki/xmlns".

Specifications

• xml version: 1.0
• character encoding must be UTF-8
• Suggested namespace declarations:
  • xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  • xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  • xmlns:extxs="https://github.com/katmore/flat/wiki/xmlns-extxs"
  • xmlns="https://github.com/katmore/flat/wiki/xmlns-object"
  • xmlns:fx="https://github.com/katmore/flat/wiki/xmlns"
• Optional attributes:
  • fx:meta: indicate meta-data regarding document, such as an object type that was mapped.
  • fx:created: ISO 8601 formatted time of document creation.
  • fx:crc32: crc32 polynomial of a hypothetical object represented by the document; expressed as a base16 number.
  • fx:md5: md5 hash of a hypothetical object represented by the document; expressed as a base16 number.
• Base64 Encoded Attribute value:
  • the encoded attribute value should be prefixed with data:application/octet-stream;base64,.
  • example element, considering the value hello:

    <mynode myattr="data:application/octet-stream;base64,aGVsbG8=" />

• describe element values with xsi: attributes:

  <data xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xsi:type="xs:string">My String</data>

Example Flat XML document

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<flat xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:fx="https://github.com/katmore/flat/wiki/xmlns" xmlns="https://github.com/katmore/flat/wiki/xmlns-object" xmlns:extxs="https://github.com/katmore/flat/wiki/xmlns-extxs" fx:created="1970-01-01T00:00:00-00:00" fx:crc32="34D2" fx:md5="5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592" fx:meta="flat\data\hello" >
   <data xsi:type="xs:string">hello</data>
</flat>