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Understanding object mapping ...................................... 166
Defining data sources in an XML model ........................ 166
Mapping XML Model objects to PDM objects ................ 169
Mapping XML Model objects to OOM objects................ 171
Creating a mapping for an XML object........................... 172
Modifying the mapping of an attribute ............................ 175
Manipulating XML objects graphically................................... 176
Local objects .................................................................. 176
Global objects................................................................. 177
Example: converting a local object into a global object.. 177
Comparing and merging XML models .................................. 179
Generating an XML model from a Physical Data Model....... 180
Generating XML Model objects ...................................... 180
Generating and updating an XML model ....................... 181
Defining XML model generation options ........................ 182
Generating a new XML model from a PDM ................... 184
Updating an existing XML model ................................... 185
Generating an XML model from an Object-Oriented Model . 188
Generating XML Model objects ...................................... 188
Generating and updating an XML model ....................... 189
Defining XML model generation options ........................ 190
Generating a new XML model from an OOM................. 192
Updating an existing XML model ................................... 193
Editing an XML model report ................................................ 196
What is a report?............................................................ 196
Creating an XML model report ....................................... 196
How can a report underline the hierarchical structure
of an XML model? .......................................................... 198
Generating and reverse engineering an XSD,
a DTD or an XDR file ...................................................... 201
Generating an XSD, a DTD or an XDR file........................... 202
Why generate an XSD file?............................................ 202
Why generate a DTD file?.............................................. 202
Why generate an XDR file?............................................ 202
Defining generation parameters..................................... 203
How to generate an XSD, a DTD or an XDR file?.......... 205
Reverse engineering an XSD, a DTD or an XDR file ........... 208
What is reverse engineering? ........................................ 208
Why reverse engineer an XSD, a DTD or an XDR
file?................................................................................. 208
How to reverse engineer an XSD, a DTD or an XDR
file?................................................................................. 208
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