vi PowerDesigner
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
4 Generating and reverse engineering an XSD,a DTD or an XDR file......................................................201Generating 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