Emakin uses XML data standard to used or updated in the process or internal process data needed to make the process work. This format allows to perform advanced query (XPath or XQuery) methods and create multiple and nested data layouts to support all kinds of processes.
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For a type you can configure the following:
Name
Name of type to identity.
Technical Details
Data model is actually a XML schema designer for easy composing. You can use provided data model designer or use any xml schema editor to build your model.
What is XML schema ?
XML schema is description of a type of XML document document, typically expressed in terms of constraints on the structure and content of documents of that type. Please see see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_schema for for more information.
In emakin XML schema is used to generate and check process data model. You can define your schema or import any number of other schema with importing as a namespace.
Importing External Data Types
If you have an external system and need to use it's data types in your model; you can add it as a new new namespace and and provide XML Schema Location to load. Loaded schema sets are stored in "External Xml Schemas".
