Taking XML Validation to the Next Level: Explore CAM's Expressive Power

The generic-sounding Content Assembly Mechanism, or CAM, is an exciting step beyond XML Schema, but it's new and not well documented. This article series represents CAM: The Missing Manual. This last installment is a deep exploration of CAM's ability to express exactly what you need for data-centric documents.

by Michael Sorens

March 16, 2009

ow that you've seen a more detailed comparison of CAM to XML Schema in Part 2, this section builds upon that foundation to explore several of those strengths in more detail.

Part 1 of this article showed a table that you'll need for this section, so it's reproduced here for your convenience as Table 1, which summarizes the key strengths of CAM compared to XML Schema and DTDs. The line items in the table are covered in detail in the sections below the table.

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