Introduction
This XML Schema file is only
used to produce the schemaGuide for
the XML Data Encoding Specification (DES). Please see the document titled
XML Data Encoding Specification for
Multi Audience Collections
for a complete description of the encoding as well as list of all components.
It is envisioned that this schema
or its components, as well as other parts of the DES may be overridden for localized
implementations. Therefore, permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this XML
Schema and the other parts of the DES for any purpose is hereby granted in perpetuity.
Please reference the preceding two
paragraphs in all copies or variations. The developers make no representation about
the
suitability of the schema or DES for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
expressed or implied warranty.
If you modify this XML Schema in
any way label your schema as a variant of MAC.XML.
Please direct all questions, bug
reports,or suggestions for changes to the points of contact identified in the document
referenced above.
Implementation Notes
A MAC.XML is used in conjuction with
TDF collections as structured assertions that indicate how objects in a trusted data
collection are related. A Trusted Data Collection conforms to the MAC specification
when
it contains a structured assertion with scope TDC and a multiAudience element. The
multiAudienceObject element may also appear to provide additional information about
each
object in the collection regarding it's relationship to the larger collection. In
this way
MAC can be used to describe a set of tearlined assets, or other related data sets
as needed.
Its structure is similar to: