<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="eml://ecoinformatics.org/protocol-2.1.0" xmlns:res="eml://ecoinformatics.org/resource-2.1.0" xmlns:md="eml://ecoinformatics.org/methods-2.1.0" xmlns:doc="eml://ecoinformatics.org/documentation-2.1.0" xmlns:acc="eml://ecoinformatics.org/access-2.1.0" targetNamespace="eml://ecoinformatics.org/protocol-2.1.0" elementFormDefault="unqualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified"> <xs:import namespace="eml://ecoinformatics.org/resource-2.1.0" schemaLocation="eml-resource.xsd"/> <xs:import namespace="eml://ecoinformatics.org/methods-2.1.0" schemaLocation="eml-methods.xsd"/> <xs:import namespace="eml://ecoinformatics.org/documentation-2.1.0" schemaLocation="eml-documentation.xsd"/> <xs:import namespace="eml://ecoinformatics.org/access-2.1.0" schemaLocation="eml-access.xsd"/> <xs:annotation> <xs:documentation> '$RCSfile: eml-protocol.xsd,v $' Copyright: 1997-2002 Regents of the University of California, University of New Mexico, and Arizona State University Sponsors: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, University of California Santa Barbara Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University Other funding: National Science Foundation (see README for details) The David and Lucile Packard Foundation For Details: http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/ '$Author: obrien $' '$Date: 2008-09-26 23:59:46 $' '$Revision: 1.60 $' This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA </xs:documentation> <xs:appinfo> <doc:moduleDocs> <doc:moduleName>eml-protocol</doc:moduleName> <doc:moduleDescription> <section xmlns=""> <title> The eml-protocol module - Research protocol specific information </title> <para> The EML Protocol Module is used to define abstract, prescriptive procedures for generating or processing data. Conceptually, a protocol is a standardized method. </para> <para> Eml-protocol resembles eml-methods; however, eml-methods is descriptive (often written in the declarative mood: "I took five subsamples...") whereas eml-protocol is prescriptive (often written in the imperative mood: "Take five subsamples..."). A protocol may have versions, whereas methods (as used in eml-methods) should not. </para> </section> </doc:moduleDescription> <doc:recommendedUsage>Use eml-protocol to describe prescriptive procedures that can be associated with other descriptive or prescriptive procedures.</doc:recommendedUsage> <doc:standAlone>yes</doc:standAlone> </doc:moduleDocs> </xs:appinfo> </xs:annotation> <xs:complexType name="ProtocolType"> <xs:annotation> <xs:appinfo> <doc:tooltip>A prescriptive procedure; a standardized method </doc:tooltip> <doc:summary>A reusable container for information related to a prescriptive procedure.</doc:summary> <doc:description>The ProtocolType container defines a number of reusable fields that can be referenced from multiple EML modules. It represents well-defined, prescriptive procedures that can be used to document other prescriptive procedures or descriptive procedures such as methods.</doc:description> </xs:appinfo> </xs:annotation> <xs:choice> <xs:sequence> <xs:group ref="res:ResourceGroup"/> <xs:element name="proceduralStep" type="md:ProcedureStepType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </xs:sequence> <xs:group ref="res:ReferencesGroup"/> </xs:choice> <xs:attribute name="id" type="res:IDType" use="optional"/> <xs:attribute name="system" type="res:SystemType" use="optional"/> <xs:attribute name="scope" type="res:ScopeType" use="optional" default="document"/> </xs:complexType> <xs:element name="protocol" type="ProtocolType"> <xs:annotation> <xs:appinfo> <doc:tooltip>A prescriptive procedure</doc:tooltip> <doc:summary>A reusable container for information related to a prescriptive procedure.</doc:summary> <doc:description>The protocol field provides a container for other related fields, such as proceduralStep and ResourceGroup. </doc:description> </xs:appinfo> </xs:annotation> </xs:element> </xs:schema>