Service Provisioning Languages and Schemas

The N1 SPS software uses XML to implement plans, components, resource descriptors, and plug-in definitions. Each of these N1 SPS constructs use a specific kind of XML schema.

The N1 SPS product includes these XML schemas:

• component.xsd – Schema used to define components and component types. See Chapter 3, Component Schema.

• plan.xsd – Schema used to define execution plans. See Chapter 4, Plan Schema.

• planCompShared.xsd – Schema that contains elements common to plans and components. See Chapter 2, Shared Schema Used by Components and Simple Plans.

• resourceDescriptor.xsd – Schema used to define resource descriptors. See Chapter 5, Resource Descriptor Schema.

• plugin.xsd – Schema used to define a plug-in in a plug-in descriptor file. See Chapter 6, Plug-In Descriptor Schema.

• .pluginUI.xsd – Schema used to define a user interface to a plug-in in the N1 SPS browser interface. See Chapter 7, Plug-In User Interface Schema.

Each schema is described in detail in the referenced chapter of this book. General information that relates to all of the schemas is contained in the remainder of this chapter.