XML Schema for Namespaces

Namespace definitions are implemented in Microsoft Provisioning Framework (MPF) as XML schema. The following code fragment illustrates the base schema for a namespace.



<namespace name=".." providerSource=".." description=".." readOnly="..">
  <procedure description=".." name=".." type=".." access=".." 
	perfEnabled=".." auditEnabled=".." saveDataForRollback="..">
	1..unbounded
  <Schema>1..unbounded</Schema>
  <!-- Remaining child nodes of <procedure> -->
	. 
	.
	.
  </procedure>
  <providerContext>0..1</providerContext>
</namespace>

In this code fragment:

The root node is namespace.
The procedure node (required) registers the procedure in the namespace and defines the XSL transformations.
The Schema nodes (optional) encapsulate schema for a procedure's input and/or output data. Provisioning Manager can be configured to validate incoming data against the input schema.
The providerContext node (optional) encapsulates provider-specific data (for example, connection data for remote procedure calls).