Schema for Object-Oriented XML
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Schema for Object-Oriented XML, or SOX, is an XML schema
language developed by Commerce One
. In 1998 a SOX specification was submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium
and published as a W3C Note. A revised version, SOX 2.0, was published as a W3C Note in 1999.
SOX was one of several predecessors of the W3C's XML Schema language. After the publication of XML Schema, SOX continued to be supported by Commerce One until the company's bankruptcy in late 2004.
The patents for SOX and other Commerce One technologies were purchased by Novell, Inc. in December 2004, reportedly in an effort to prevent them from being exploited by unrelated companies whose primary business is filing patent-related lawsuits.http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/02/business/novell.php
XML schema
An XML schema is a description of a type of XML document, typically expressed in terms of constraints on the structure and content of documents of that type, above and beyond the basic syntactical constraints imposed by XML itself...
language developed by Commerce One
Commerce One
Commerce One was a pioneering e-commerce company founded in 1994 as DistriVision in Pleasanton, California. The company was renamed Commerce One in 1997, and went public in 1999. They were one of the darlings in the hot B2B sector, and saw their stock soar from 20 to over 600 in early 2000,...
. In 1998 a SOX specification was submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web .Founded and headed by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the...
and published as a W3C Note. A revised version, SOX 2.0, was published as a W3C Note in 1999.
SOX was one of several predecessors of the W3C's XML Schema language. After the publication of XML Schema, SOX continued to be supported by Commerce One until the company's bankruptcy in late 2004.
The patents for SOX and other Commerce One technologies were purchased by Novell, Inc. in December 2004, reportedly in an effort to prevent them from being exploited by unrelated companies whose primary business is filing patent-related lawsuits.http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/02/business/novell.php
See also
- XML Schema
- Simple Outline XMLSimple Outline XMLSimple Outline XML is a compressed way of writing XML.SOX uses indenting to represent the structure of an XML document, eliminating the need for closing tags.- Example :The following XHTML markup fragment: Sample page A very brief page...
- another XML technology with the initials SOX