Data Transformation Engine Type Tree Importers Reference Guide

Chapter 2 - Using the Importer Wizard XML DTD Importer
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but messages defined through XML Schema definitions are found in the Element
or Type section of the type tree.
XML DTD Importer
The Extensible Markup Language (XML) Importer is a facility for automatically
generating type trees that describe the format of XML data.
See the XML Data Adapter Reference Guide for detailed information of the XML
DTD Importer.
XML Schema Importer
The XML Schema Importer automatically generates type trees by parsing an XML
schema.
XML Schema Mapping
The tables in this section show how XML schema elements and types are mapped
to Mercator type trees.
XML Schema Elements to Type Tree Element Mapping
The following table shows how XML Schema elements are mapped to type tree
elements. They are listed in alphabetical order by XML Schema element.
Note: All XML Schema Elements in the following table that are marked with an * are
indirectly supported by the external validator.
XML Schema Element Type Tree
Element
Description
all unordered
group
Elements are allowed to appear
in any order.
maxOccurs component
range
Maximum number of
occurrences.
”unbounded” maps to “S”