Description of a REXS file
File format
File format: XML
Encoding: UTF8 with byte-order-marker (BOM)
The file must be well-formed
All XML tags are defined in English
Generated interface files must comply with the associated XML schema.
The .rexs file format should be used for the XML file.
The XML validation schema is available in the REXS database
Alternatively, a ZIP archive can also be used; see ???
Model structure
The interface describes a model which can be identified using the following characteristics (metadata):
Feature | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Part of the REXS file | version | Version of the REXS interface Format: mainversionnumber.subversionnumber Example: version="1.2" |
applicationId | Name of the application that generated the XML file; e.g., "FVA-Workbench" | |
applicationVersion | Version of the application | |
date | Time at which the file was created Date and time according to ISO 8601 in the following format: "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+" Example: 2016-06-03T11:35:17+01:00 | |
applicationLanguage | Optional: specification of the language used in the application Language code according to 639-1 Example: applicationLanguage="en" |
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Example REXS file metadata | XML-Syntax
<model version="1.0" applicationId="FVA-Workbench" applicationVersion="5.0.0" date="2016-06-03T11:35:17+01:00" applicationLanguage="en"> <relations>...</relations> <components>...</components> </model>