Note: With the registration of the xces.org domain name a new namespace has been introduced (http://www.xces.org/schema/2003). To ease the transition to the new namespace there are two versions of the schemas available, one that uses the namespace http://www.xml-ces.org/schema and another that uses the namespace http://www.xces.org/schema/2003. Other than the namespaces used the two sets of schema are identical.
The following schemas are available:
| Base Schemas | |
| xcesGlobal.xsd | Definitions of base types and common attributes |
| xcesModels.xsd | Definitions of the content models used in the XCES type definitions |
| xcesDatatypes.xsd | Definitions of the element types used in the XCES. |
| Document schemas | |
| xcesHeader.xsd | Guidelines for XCES headers |
| xcesAlign.xsd | Guidelines for alignment |
| xcesAna.xsd | Guidelines for standoff annotations. Note: this schema has changed considerably. |
| xcesDoc.xsd | Guidelines for annotating texts |
| xcesSpoken.xsd | Guidelines for annotating spoken documents |
| Auxillary schemas | |
| xcesLink.xsd | Definitions of the attributes in the XLink namespace |
| anc-xces.xsd | Some group definitions used in the ANC |
If you would like local copies of the schemas they may be downloaded here.