
The Advanced Pane
The Advanced pane (Figure A) contains tabbed areas for the parts of XML schemas that
move beyond elements and attributes. The tools in the Advanced pane can help simplify
schemas, provide content for documents, or add extra information to your schema, rather
than describing document structures. Depending on the schema dialect you are
working with, the Advanced pane's components may include:
- General entities - Allows you to create predefined content for
use in documents (DTD only).
- Parameter entities - Allows you to create predefined content
for use in your schema (DTD only).
- Notations - Allows you to define data and file
types (DTD, XSDL).
- Processing Instructions - Allows you to add extra information
to your schema (All dialects).
- Namespaces - Help you manage mapping between namespaces and
prefixes (XDR, BizTalk, SOX, XSDL).
- Data Types - Allows you to create your own
data types (SOX, XSDL).
NOTE: Although entity declarations (and reusables) are specific to DTDs, the "Add Module" button in the
Overview pane provides SOX and
XSDL developers the capability to re-use previously
defined schemas.

Figure A - The Advanced pane
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