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A schema and documentation is availaible for use and testing purposes.

In late 2007, version 2.0 of the QuDEx draft schema was made available for testing. Some critical amendments have been made for Version 3.0, following on from feedback and XML consultants from the Open Data Fundation. Version 3.0 is the final version that was accomplished under the DExT project funding.

The Version 3.01 draft schema, accompanying documentation and XML instance files are all available.

Documentation

Release notes Release notes for the Schema version 3.0

Open issues A collection of the open QuDEx issues

Reference A reference guide to QuDEx elements and attributes which we hope may be expanded to provide further implementation support in future versions. A list of relevant acronyms is provided at the end of this document providing basic definitions (not technical details) of QuDEx and other related concepts

QuDEx mapping from Atlas-ti to QuDEx XML

Schema and XML instances

Schema The latest version of the QuDEx Schema v3.01

QuDEx Object Model The latest version of the QuDEx Object Model v3.0d

Full instance A full example instance of the XML containing most elements and attributes

Sample instance An Atlas-ti XML example based on the sample data prepared for the DExT project

Sample METS Supporting document for archiving of QuDEx and other material

QuDEx Viewer

QuDEx Viewer A very basic demo for viewing QuDEx files. A Tomcat server needs to be installed to run the Viewer

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