Format
XML Schema Definition
Summary
- Name
- XML Schema Definition
- Identifiers
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- MIME: application/xml
- PUID: x-fmt/280
- Format type
- Text (Mark-up)
- Description
- XML Schemas Definition files define the structure, and content of XML documents. They are used to express a set of rules to which an XML document must conform in order to be considered 'valid' in accordance to the particular schema referenced. Full specifications can be found at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/
- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
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xsd - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has priority over
Internal signatures
XML Schema Definition
- Description
- ASCII header: <?xml version="1.0". ASCII footer: </xsd:schema> or </xs:schema> or </schema>. Signature will only identify against xsd files which do not have any comments inserted either before the xml declaration, or at the very end of the file.
- Provenance
- Ongoing DROID research
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 3
- Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D(22|27)312E30(22|27)- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from EOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 2
- Byte Sequence
3C(2F7873643A|2F78733A|2F)736368656D613E- Endianness
- None
Changelog
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V97
- Release date
- 1 October 2020
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Updated
XML Schema Definition: Gave priority over fmt/1376 XDOMEA 1.0.
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V91
- Release date
- 25 July 2017
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Updated
XML Schema Definition: Gave priority over fmt/1047 - Geography Markup Language 3.2.
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V55
- Release date
- 4 January 2012
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Added signature
XML Schema Definition: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
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Updated
XML Schema Definition: Format description information added.