A Tamino schema conforms to the XML Schema standard, with Tamino-specific information written in annotations to XML Schema constructs.

Using the Tamino Schema Editor to create Tamino schemas has the following advantages:

• The graphical user interface of the Tamino Schema Editor shields you from having to type in schema language syntax, thus making schema creation much faster and less error-prone.

• The Tamino Schema Editor shields you from the complexity of the XML Schema standard by offering dialogs specifically for the creation of Tamino schemas. Schema constructs required by the XML Schema standard are added automatically to ensure that valid schemas are generated.

• The Code view helps you to see the generated schema in plain text. Text in this view can be edited and the changes will reflect in the graphical view.

It is also possible to import existing DTDs and thus convert them to Tamino schemas. If you have created schemas with a previous version of Tamino (TSD3, TSD4), you can also import and thus convert them to the schema language supported by the current version of Tamino.

For detailed information on the Tamino schema language, see the Tamino XML Schema User Guide and the Tamino XML Schema Reference Guide in the Tamino XML Server documentation.

As a source of valuable information, guidance and help, developers using the Software AG Tamino platform can refer to the Tamino Developer Community web site at http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/communities/public/webmethods/products/tamino/.