The supporting data consists of non-specification materials needed to support the releases. The supporting data includes DTDs, XML schemas, WSDL packages, JSD and WebIDL files. When a release is published supporting data files may be placed in the directories listed below. For the list of published releases see http://www.openmobilealliance.org/wp .
| Supporting Data | Description |
|---|---|
| DTDs | Provides the storage area for the Document Type Definitions (DTDs). A DTD is a set of markup declarations that define a document type. |
| Profile Data (Schemas, UAProf) | Provides access to specified schema (and other related files). XML Schemas describe the structure and the constraints on the content of XML documents. |
| WSDL Packages | Provides access to the available Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Packages that describe the functionality offered by web services. |
| JSD Files | Provides access to the available JSON Schema Definition (JSD) packages that define the structure of JSON data using a JSON based format. |
| Web IDL Files | Provides access to the available Web IDL Packages that are used to describe interfaces implemented in web browsers. |
The file extensions used for the supporting data files are listed in the following table.
| File Extensions | Name |
|---|---|
| cat | OASIS catalogue |
| ddf | Device Description Framework |
| dtd | Document Type Definition |
| mod | DTD module |
| txt | Text |
| wsdl | Web Services Description Language |
| xml | Extensible Markup Language |
| xsd | XML Schema Document |
| zip | ZIP archive |
Note the files on each of the Supporting Data web pages are listed in alphabetic order.