2.2 ADO XML Persistence Format

The following XML schema defines the ADO XML Persistence Format:

  
 <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
            attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
            elementFormDefault="qualified" 
            xmlns:xdr="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" 
            xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" 
            xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset">
  
   <xs:import namespace="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" />
   <xs:import namespace="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" />
   <xs:import namespace="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" />
  
   <xs:complexType name="xml">
     <xs:sequence>
       <xs:element ref="xdr:Schema"/>
       <xs:element ref="rs:data"/>
     </xs:sequence>
   </xs:complexType>  
  
 </xs:schema>

xml: The root XML element.

Schema: The schema of the data as specified in the XML-Data Schema element (see section 2.3.1.2).

data: The data conforming to the XML schema element as specified in the rowset (see section 2.4). Within the data element, zero or more 'z:row' sub-elements can be present, denoting rows of the tabular data. Each row has at most as many attributes as there are columns, with values formatted according to their data types as defined by the schema element. Missing attributes in z:row denote null values, see section 3.2 for more information.