subcheck Article MarkupUK London

Andreas Tai

Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT)

Michael Seiferle

BaseX GmbH

Abstract

The exchange of data in XML goes hand in hand with its validation. Mature technologies for this task exist. But often more is needed than just the technical application of XML Schema, Schematron or Relax NG. A user-friendly solution requires an abstraction from the XML foundation. Initiation and result of a validating process needs to be put into the context of the end users domain and be a guidance to solve conformance problems.

This paper shows how Schematron, XSLT, XQuery and JavaScript have been glued together to address these requirements. Although the subcheck framework (http://subcheck.io) was implemented specifically for the Timed Text Markup Language (TTML) the approach can be used by any other XML vocabulary.


Table of Contents

Intro
TTML and its Profiles
Validation of TTML Profiles
Validation Requirements
Implementation Approach
Master Thesis
Application Implementation
Rules Documentation
Schematron Schema File
Compiled Schematron
Generation of the Report
Overview: The Transformation Chain
Interfaces: Machine-to-Machine and the End-User
Using the subcheck Application
The Report View
Adaptive Filtering
Conclusion
Other Aspects and Perspective
Bibliography
Appendix A - Subcheck artifacts with TTML examples