Storing XML schema in database

Hi everybody..I have question here related to the storing of the XML schema in the database. When an XML Schema is created like this.
dbms_xdb.createResource('home/DEV/xml_schema_test.xsd'),
then is the XSD created and stored in one of the database tables or is it stored physcially as an xsd file in the database repository or both?
If it is stored in one of database tables, then which table is it?
If it is stored as an XSD file in the database repository, then how can I access the xsd file if I created it like in the example above.
To access the xsd file over http, do I need to start the xsdhttp server or is it already started if I loaded XDK in my database.
Would the url for accessing the same over http be
http://db_machine:8080/home/DEV/xml_schema_test.xsd.
I think I have got information in bits and pieces but not able to put everything together.
Thanks in advance for the replies.

The questionssss you are asking are dealt with in the FAQ link at the top of the first page on this forum, the rest is described in detail in the XML DB Developers Guide. A little bit of reading wouldn't harm, would it.
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<xsd:element name="SSN" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>
=================
now when i try to validate a xml file against Company.xsd
it throws an error saying unable to find Person.xsd.
no protocol error
Now where do i place these 2 schemas(.xsd files) Person & product
so that the java schemavalidation program running inside Oracle
database can locate these files
Rgrds
Sushant

Hi Jinyu
This is the java code loaded in the database using loadjava called by a wrapper oracle stored procedure
import oracle.xml.parser.schema.*;
import oracle.xml.parser.v2.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
import java.util.*;
import oracle.sql.CHAR;
import java.sql.SQLException;
public class SchemaUtil
public static String validation(CHAR xml, CHAR xsd)
throws Exception
//Build Schema Object
XSDBuilder builder = new XSDBuilder();
byte [] docbytes = xsd.getBytes();
ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(docbytes);
XMLSchema schemadoc = (XMLSchema)builder.build(in,null);
//Parse the input XML document with Schema Validation
docbytes = xml.getBytes();
in = new ByteArrayInputStream(docbytes);
DOMParser dp = new DOMParser();
// Set Schema Object for Validation
dp.setXMLSchema(schemadoc);
dp.setValidationMode(XMLParser.SCHEMA_VALIDATION);
dp.setPreserveWhitespace (true);
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
dp.setErrorStream (new PrintWriter(sw));
try
dp.parse (in);
sw.write("The input XML parsed without errors.\n");
catch (XMLParseException pe)
sw.write("Parser Exception: " + pe.getMessage());
catch (Exception e)
sw.write("NonParserException: " + e.getMessage());
return sw.toString();
This is the code i used initially for validating a xml file against single xml schema (.xsd) file
In the above code could u tell how to specify the second schema validation code for the incoming xml.
say i create another Schemadoc for the 2nd xml schema.
something like this with another parameter(CHAR xsd1) passing to the method
byte [] docbytes1 = xsd1.getBytes();
ByteArrayInputStream in1 = new ByteArrayInputStream(docbytes1);
XMLSchema schemadoc1 = (XMLSchema)builder.build(in1,null);
DOMParser dp = new DOMParser();
How to set for the 2nd xml schema validation in the above code or can i combine 2 xml schemas.
How to go about it
Rgrds
Sushant

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