Hi,
Could you please tell me why Schema cannot be used directly in webMethods instead of using DT in WebMethods services.

Regards
anuarthi

Hello Anuarthi,

Schema is nothing but a structure of document, we can generate "Document Type" from Schema, and it’s called SchemaDT/ Schema Document Type.

We can say Schema is a blue print. We can create "Document Type" separately, it is containing fields, but here we have to add fields manually.

Schema is a flat file schema. schemaDT is a IS Document Type created/generated from this schema.

Mostly we use Schema to validate the structure, input etc...

Refer Blog: [url=http://idnxchange.com/webmethods-blogs/step-by-step-flat-file-parsing-in-webmethods-82.html]http://idnxchange.com/webmethods-blogs/step-by-step-flat-file-parsing-in-webmethods-82.html[/url] Flat file parsing for more understanding on creation of Schemas and Document types with respect to flat files.

Cheers..
Ansari