BizTalk Server 2004 Mapper references schemas instead of including them in t
he map.
When schema is updated the map is updated as well.

--------------------
>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>From: <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>Sender: <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>References: <050801c3adc5$aadb7ee0$a401280a@phx.gbl> <d4jgTHgrDHA.1548@cpms
ftngxa06.phx.gbl>
>Subject: RE: Ability to "include" schema REFERENCES in maps
>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:25:41 -0800
>Lines: 118
>Message-ID: <0c8601c3af82$f0767450$a501280a@phx.gbl>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain;
>	charset="iso-8859-1"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
>Thread-Index: AcOvgvB0iDK2AosNRAK3JhZ+FrODrw==
>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300
>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.biztalk.tools
>Path: cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl
>Xref: cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl microsoft.public.biztalk.tools:3138
>NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftngxa13.phx.gbl 10.40.1.165
>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.biztalk.tools
>
>Thank you for your answer. I don't have BT 2004 yet, but
>I'll look for that "include" feature in BT Editor when I
>get it.
>
>About the maps, you're right that most of the times it
>will require some human intervention. But still, this
>could be made a lot easier and the semantics are not that
>tricky. A link in a map is just something that references
>two items in two schemas. All these things have well-
>defined names, so that when a underlying shema is
>updated, the links in a map could be maintained if they
>still refer to valid elements, and removed (with a
>warning) if otherwise.
>
>I guess this is what happens when you select to update
>the schema in Biztalk Mapper, but I miss a simpler user
>interface to do this. I have to indicate the path and the
>name of the new schema, when 99% of the times it's the
>SAME path and the SAME name, only it's a new version
>(usually with minor changes that don't require any change
>in the links, or just require mapping a new element from
>one side to the other).
>
>If the maps had only references to the schemas, Biztalk
>could (when opening a map) check to see if the references
>had been updated, ask if I want to update the map with
>the new schemas, and do so automatically.
>
>I don't know if this is a good suggestion, what do you
>think?
> 
>However, when the schema 
>depending on the change made 
>review and ensure that the 
>do that (certainly in 
>features.  It is possible 
>reuse them in many 
>without modifying it and 
>new type from the type 
>maps 
>V5.50.4910.0300 
>microsoft.public.biztalk.tools:3163 
>file, 
>Biztalk 
>to the 
>have 
>different 
>to make 
>in 
>then 
>C/C++ 
>confers no rights. 
>


--

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. 
Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified
at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm

Note:  For the benefit of the community-at-large, all responses to this mess
age are best directed to the newsgroup/thread from which they
originated.

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]