So, I am pretty new to XML in general, and am confused about the whole style sheet concept. First, I have been using 'RPC::XML::Client' to send XML requests, but have been given specific XML classes/functions with the arguments that the XML functions are expecting. Now, all I have are many XML style sheets and am trying to get a feel for how to understand the format of the xsd. For example, I have:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefa
+ult="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
    <xs:include schemaLocation="archer.xsd"/>
    <xs:element name="CreateNDTicket">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element name="Request">
                    <xs:complexType>
                        <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element name="RequestHeader" type="Req
+uestHeaderType"/>
                            <xs:element name="RequestBody">
                                <xs:complexType>
                                    <xs:sequence>
                                        <xs:element name="CreateCriter
+ia">
                                            <xs:complexType>
                                                <xs:sequence>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+SystemId" type="xs:string"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+IndicatorCity" type="xs:string"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+IndicatorState" type="xs:string"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+AlarmStart" type="DateTimeType"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+AttributeList" type="AttributeListType"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+ContactInformation" type="ContactInformationType"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+NextAction" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+ProblemCode" type="xs:string"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+Source" type="xs:string"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+SourceReference" type="xs:string"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+ServiceAffected" type="xs:boolean"/>
                                                    <xs:element name="
+Worklog" type="WorklogType" minOccurs="0"/>
                                                </xs:sequence>
                                            </xs:complexType>
                                        </xs:element>
                                    </xs:sequence>
                                </xs:complexType>
                            </xs:element>
                        </xs:sequence>
                    </xs:complexType>
                </xs:element>
                <xs:element name="Response" minOccurs="0">
                    <xs:complexType>
                        <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element name="ResponseHeader" type="Re
+sponseHeaderType"/>
                            <xs:element name="ResponseBody" minOccurs=
+"0">
                                <xs:complexType>
                                    <xs:sequence>
                                        <xs:element name="TicketId" ty
+pe="xs:string"/>
                                    </xs:sequence>
                                </xs:complexType>
                            </xs:element>
                        </xs:sequence>
                    </xs:complexType>
                </xs:element>
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

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Does this mean there is a function called CreateNDTicket that is expecting the arguments SystemId, IndicatorCity, ... , Worklog (variable types defined by xs:string/boolean etc)? Or does it mean there is a function called CreateNDTicket that is expecting an array that starts with 'Request' and contains another array with 'RequestHeader' which contains another array 'RequestBody' etc? Or, am I way off?

I know that types like 'DateTimeType' are defined in the included archer.xsd file.

Thanks.

In reply to XML xds To RPC::XML::Client call by true_atlantis

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