A Data Oriented Schema Methodology is a XmlSchemaMethodology that closely models and maps data relationships into XML. <row> <column name="id">90210</column> <column name="name">Jack</column> <column name="age">25</column> </row> or <Person> <Id>90210</Id> <Name>Jack</Name> <Age>25</Age> </Person> Of interest is the ObjectSchemaMethodology that maps relationships between information. ----- May I ask who coined the name? ---- See Also: RelationalAlternativeToXml ---- CategoryXml CategorySemanticWeb