Document format in WebMethods--dictionary

A unique data format in WebMethods is document. This data format is similar to XML, where the meaning of each of the different locations is defined by the user.

Document is much like XML, and in my opinion it is better than XML that it combines the graphical features of webmethods, the ability to define and program the document by mouse, and the tree structure of the document format, so that we can easily find the data we want, It is then assigned to another value via a mouse connection, or edited and otherwise manipulated.

There are two types of files that are closely related to document, one is schema and the other is dictionary. familiar with the basic knowledge of XML Schema, through the schema we can easily make XML, the structure of the XML definition. And dictionary is a relatively unique file in WebMethods. We can generate schemas through dictionary, where dictionary is primarily referenced.

The dictionary contains the record definition,composite definition and field definition. The Record definition can define a tree node that is similar to document, where each node can validate constraints, specify its data type, or constrain data by referencing the value in field definition. Composite definition function is not involved, the function is unknown. in Field definition, you can create a metadata that is easily referenced elsewhere by marking an ID Code for each data and validate it.

The data for the schema in the

 webmethods is basically from dictionary. This also makes the management of data formats straightforward and all data can be found in dictionary.