Question

Your customer ask you to design an XML document for supplies records. Here is an example of his supplies report.

Supplies

Item Code     Item name     Unit of measure     Quantity     Price for unit     Total price for the item     Supplier     Supplier’s country     Country code
A     B     C     D    &n bsp;F     G     H     I   &nbs p; G
Date of supply: 12.30.2001     Supply# 1       Inspector: D.Hunter
10     Potato     Lb     100    ;  3     300     Ranch A     USA     01
15     Milk     Gl     20   &n bsp; 2     40     Farm B     UK     12
10     Potato     Lb     100    ;  3     300     Ranch C     USA     01
07     Carrot     Lb     10       5     50     Ranch C     USA     01

Date of supply: 01.15.2002     Supply# 2
07     Carrot     Lb     15       4     60     Ranch A     USA     01
15     Milk     Gl     30   &n bsp; 3     90     Ranch C     USA     01
15     Milk     Gl     20   &n bsp; 2     50     Ranch A     USA     01

Date of supply: 02.08.2002     Supply# 3    Inspector: D.Hunter and J. Pinnock
05     Soap     Box     12   & nbsp; 50     600     Plant D     France     25

Total: $1490

Some data types:
Item code – an integer [001..999]
Unit of measure – a string, only 5 possible values on your choice
Quantity – positive integer
Prices – positive floats
Country code – byte
Date of supply - date

Design:
A. As many elements and as less attributes as possible
1.      XML instance document for DTD file
2.      DTD document to validate this and other supplies reports
3.      XML instance document for Schema file
4.      XML Schema document to validate this and other supplies reports.
B. As many attributes and as less elements as possible
1.      XML instance document for DTD file
2.      DTD document to validate this and other supplies reports
3.      XML instance document for Schema file
4.      XML Schema document to validate this and other supplies reports.
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Edited by XXXXXXXXXX on 6/29/2004 at 9:11 PM