OBIEE 11g - MDS XML (Metadata Service XML)

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MDS XUDML is an XML format that is compatible with Oracle Metadata Services and that is supported for the Oracle BI repository.

MDS XML format is different from the XUDML format.

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Format

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<DECLARE xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/obis/repository/admin">
<Database mdsid="m4d5351d0-0c90-1000-8ca6-0a5088c60000" name="DatabaseName" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/obis/repository" type="Oracle11g" dbName="Oracle 11g">
<Feature name="LEFT_OUTER_JOIN_SUPPORTED" value="true"/>
<Feature name="RIGHT_OUTER_JOIN_SUPPORTED" value="true"/>
<Feature name="FULL_OUTER_JOIN_SUPPORTED" value="true"/>
<Feature name="NESTED_OUTER_JOIN_SUPPORTED" value="true"/>
<Feature name="UNION_SUPPORTED" value="true"/>
<Feature name="UNION_ALL_SUPPORTED" value="true"/>
<Feature name="COUNT_SUPPORTED" value="true"/>

Management

Create

See OBIEE - biserverxmlgen

Schema

Schema element files:

File	Description
xudml_mds_admin.xsd and xudml_mds.xsd	basic MDS XML grammar for the repository elements
xudml_mds_core.xsd	the detailed MDS XML grammar for the repository elements and attributes and the relationships between the elements

in ORACLE_HOME/bifoundation/server/bin

Documentation / Reference

MDS XML Schema Elements