Format of service descriptions
Last updated: JUNE 28th, 2019
The SWIM Service Description specification prescribes the minimum set of elements to be contained in a service description. It doesn't prescribe any format for the service description. Whatever the format, it is important to be able to fulfill the requirements.
This section of the handbook provides a series of templates and schema that you can use to structure the content of service descriptions in various formats.The Example service descriptions provides some example formats. It includes:
- web page
- Word document
- XML file
The examples were based on the templates and schema available here.
Identified formats
These are currently being worked on.
Definitions
area | description | comment |
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| template | This is a structure that can be copied into documents such as Word documents and completed by the authors. | Benefits
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| schema | This is a structure that is used directly. An example could be an XML Schema. Authors create XML files that are validated against the XML Schema. | Additional benefit
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