The National Archives

XML schema documentation

Links to the current versions of all documentation relating to the revised XML schema project can be found below.

ALL DOCUMENTS ARE CONSULTATION DRAFTS, as published at the end of February 2008.

The filenames associated with the hyperlinks below have been edited in accordance with The National Archives naming convention policy, which does not allow the use of capital letters, space charcters or underscores.

Copies of these documents, with their proper filenames intact, are also available in a separate ftp download area.

Manual and Schema Definition Files (version 1.2)

• Export and Import Manual.pdf (PDF, 2296.26kb)

• Schema_29012008.zip (Zip, 43.88kb)

Test Materials - Test Scripts (version 1.0)

• Test Script TS-X01.pdf (PDF, 334.75kb)

• Test Script TS-X02.pdf (PDF, 775.87kb)

• Test Script TS-X03.pdf (PDF, 452.85kb)

• Quick View TS-X01 to TS-X03.pdf (PDF, 343.30kb)

Test Materials - Checksheets and Worksheets (version 1.0)

• Pre-Test Script Metadata Mapping Checksheets.xls (Microsoft Excel, 138.00kb)

• Test Script TS-X01 Checksheets and Worksheets.xls (Microsoft Excel, 304.50kb)

• Test Script TS-X02 Checksheets and Worksheets.xls (Microsoft Excel, 452.50kb)

• Test Script TS-X03 Checksheets and Worksheets.xls (Microsoft Excel, 453.00kb)

Test Materials - Test Data (version 1.0)

• Test Case A Record Content Files.zip (Zip, 25.85kb)

• Record 4 content.rtf (RTF, 435.25kb)

Test Materials - Example Exported XML Files (version 1.0)

• Test Script TS-X03 Example XML File - Advanced.xml (xml file, 75.07kb)

• Test Script TS-X03 Example XML File - Basic.xml (xml file, 74.68kb)

Last updated: February 2008