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An Introduction to Schemadex

The XML schemas for the ACORD standards are difficult to work with. Our new schema management application known as Schemadex makes it easy.

I've worked on ACORD standards for just over 10 years now. One thing no one outside the industry seems to realize is just how complex the insurance standards are. They are complex, of course, because the business that drives them is complex. That is why generic schema tools built without understanding the complexity of the insurance standards fail to cut through it.

If you are starting or managing an ACORD XML standard implementation (PCS 1.x, Life, or AML) you need to take a look at Schemadex. Our static XPAC Help System has made working with the PCS 1.x standard easier for over 275 registered users. Schemadex takes what has been done in our help system and injects it with real power. It is a fully interactive desktop application. It works with any XML schema, but specifically recognizes the design patterns, terminology, and extension models used by the ACORD XML schemas.

A brief list of features:

• Powerful interactive navigation and search
• Custom version-independent notes on schema items
• Create custom views (also called slices or subsets) of the schema. Limit messages, elements, and codes.
• Add company unique extensions and manage separate extension sets for use with multiple implementations.
• Generate schemas based on custom views and extensions either optimized for production validation or with embedded documentation.
• Produce standalone help file documentation for portability and sharing with trading partners.

Thank you,
Jamie da Silva
Silverlake Software LLC