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+<html> <head>
+<title>Contents of $CIAO_ROOT/docs/schema</title>
+</head>
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+<body>
+<h1>Contents of $CIAO_ROOT/docs/schema</h1>
+The schema in this directory are all based on the new Deployment and
+Configuration spec. As part of our work on DAnCE we have tried to
+subset and normalize the schema so that our developers, and tools
+would be able to parse and use the information effectively. 
+
+The following table illustrates the meaning and use of the various
+schemata in this directory:
+<table width="100%" border=1>
+  <tr valign=top>
+    <td><b>Spec_Defined_Deployment.xsd</b></td>
+    <td>This is the schema file from the spec which is unaltered. This
+    is just for reference. CIAO and DAnCE will not be using this file
+    directly. 
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr valign=top>
+   <td><b>Spec_Defined_XMI.xsd</b></td>
+   <td>The OMG spec defined schema file uses definitions from another
+   specification called the XMI spec which is part of the OMG
+   specification suite.  This schema file is again for reference
+   without any edits.
+   </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr valign=top>
+    <td><b>ccd.xsd, cdd.xsd, cdp.xsd, cid.xsd, cpd.xsd, iad.xsd,
+    pcd.xsd and toplevel.xcd</b></td>
+    <td> Descriptors that will be used by DAnCE. Section 5.5.3 of the
+    Deployment and Configuration spec talks about the various
+    descriptors that are part of the package. The schema files are
+    broken down in accordance with the suggested descriptor format in
+    the  section mentioned above. 
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr valign=top">
+    <td><b>Deployment.xsd</b></td>
+    <td> The schema file that will be used by the applications in
+    their descriptors. Applications need not use Deployment.xsd, but
+    using this is encouraged for portability of their intance
+    documents.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr valign=top">
+    <td><b>Modified_Deployment.xsd</b></td>
+    <td> This schema is modified from the original spec defined
+    schema. It is a bit simplified with different sections that makes
+    things easier for the developer to read and digest the
+    information. Not used within DAnCE.</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr valign=top">
+    <td><b>unused_elements.xsd</b></td>
+    <td> Schema elements that are not used within the OMG's schema and
+    the ones that CIAo and DAnCedoesn't support.</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+</body> 
+</html>
+