Education for a Digital World Advice, Guidelines and Effective Practice from Around Globe, 2008a

19 – Building Communities of Practice
RDBMS. A relational database management system
is a method of storing related data in columns and rows.
RDBMSs are searched using SQL syntax.
RSS. Really simple syndication is a publication format
used to distribute aggregated data such as news
feeds. RSS uses the XML data model.
Schema. “An XML schema is an XML document
containing a formal description of what comprises a
valid XML document” (Harold & Means, 2004, p. 278).
XML schemas are used to enforce system policies
through automated comparison and validation of content
prior data aggregation.
SQL. Structured query language. “A language for defining
the structure and processing of a relational database.
Used as a stand alone query language and also
embedded in application programs” (Kroenke, 1992, p.
642)
Wiki. A wiki is a web page which can be modified by
viewers.
XSR. XML schema repositories are collections of
schema documents.
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