Schematron

E24279
XML schema language constraint language rule-based validation language

Schematron is a rule-based XML schema language that uses XPath expressions to define and validate complex structural and business constraints in XML documents.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Schematron Validation Report Language 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf XML schema language ⓘ
constraint language ⓘ
rule-based validation language ⓘ
canBeImplementedBy XSLT transformations ⓘ
canBeUsedWith DTD ⓘ
RELAX NG ⓘ
XML Schema ⓘ
surface form: W3C XML Schema
comparedTo RELAX NG ⓘ
XML Schema ⓘ
surface form: W3C XML Schema
designGoal support business-rule validation ⓘ
support complex co-occurrence constraints ⓘ
support context-sensitive validation ⓘ
differenceFromRELAXNG uses XPath rules instead of grammar patterns ⓘ
differenceFromW3CXMLSchema focuses on rule-based constraints rather than grammar-based content models ⓘ
domain XML document validation ⓘ
fileExtension .sch ⓘ
governingBody International Electrotechnical Commission ⓘ
surface form: IEC

International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
surface form: ISO
hasComponent assert element ⓘ
diagnostic element ⓘ
let element ⓘ
pattern ⓘ
phase element ⓘ
report element ⓘ
rule ⓘ
schema ⓘ
hasConcept diagnostics for human-readable error messages ⓘ
pattern-based grouping of rules ⓘ
phases to select active patterns ⓘ
partOfStandardFamily ISO/IEC 19757 (Document Schema Definition Languages, DSDL) ⓘ
primaryParadigm rule-based validation ⓘ
purpose define business rules in XML ⓘ
define structural constraints in XML ⓘ
validate complex constraints in XML documents ⓘ
standardizedAs ISO/IEC 19757-3 ⓘ
supportsExpressionLanguage XPath 1.0 ⓘ
XPath 2.0 ⓘ
XPath 3.0 ⓘ
supportsFeature abstract patterns ⓘ
assert rules ⓘ
diagnostic messages ⓘ
let variables ⓘ
namespaces ⓘ
phased validation ⓘ
report-only rules ⓘ
rule contexts ⓘ
supportsValidationOf business logic constraints ⓘ
co-occurrence constraints ⓘ
context-dependent constraints ⓘ
inter-element relationships ⓘ
SVRLExpansion Schematron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Schematron Validation Report Language
typicalOutputFormat SVRL ⓘ
typicalUseCase business-rule validation in XML ⓘ
cross-field validation in XML documents ⓘ
document quality assurance ⓘ
validation of publishing workflows ⓘ
usesLanguage XPath ⓘ
validationStyle assertion-based ⓘ
rule-based pattern matching ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Schematron → SVRLExpansion → Schematron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schematron Validation Report Language
XML Schema → relatedStandard → Schematron ⓘ
XML → validatedBy → Schematron ⓘ