User manual

Chapter 2 Building an XML model
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Defining annotations
You define annotations when you want to add information about an XML
model.
Annotations are made of Documentation and Application Information:
♦ Documentation allows you to write a URI reference or any well-formed
XML content that will give extra information about XML objects or
documents
♦ Application Information allows you to write a URI reference or any well-
formed XML content that will be used by applications for processing
instructions
There are two kinds of annotations:
♦ Local annotations, for extra information on XML objects. You can
define them through the Annotation page of an object property sheet.
They have no property sheet
♦ Global annotations, for extra information on XML models or schemas.
You can define them through the Items page or the External Schemas
page of a model property sheet. They have a property sheet
Generated schema of a global annotation: