RELAX NG Compact Syntax

The RELAX NG Compact Syntax is compact, non-XML syntax for RELAX NG. The following are available:

• a description of the syntax
• an example showing a schema for RELAX NG's XML syntax written in the compact syntax (this is optimized for readability in the compact syntax and is not simply a translation of relaxng.rng)

The following tools provide support for the syntax:

• Jing will validate using the compact syntax when the -c option is used
• Trang can translate schemas written in the compact syntax; in particular, trang can be used to translate schemas written in the compact syntax into the standard RELAX NG XML syntax

This syntax is not a part of RELAX NG, and is not a product of the OASIS RELAX NG TC. However, the OASIS RELAX NG TC have decided to produce a compact syntax for RELAX NG, which I expect to be similar to this syntax.