the daqXML schema provides the deinition of all the elemnt that compose a session template file 

The current schema file is daqxml_0.2.xsd ,the current developement schema is  daqxml_0.2.dev.xsd

The schema  is used to describe a  measurement seesion. The data hyearachy structure consist of a session  tag that includes the head and one or more request.

The head section contains general information and setup parameters that are common to all the requests  included in the session.

The following tags are permitted

Name : the name of the measurment that will be performed

OriginalStation :  the URL of the station that is posting this template

Description : a description of the measurment

Session_id : can be used to differentiate sessions once executed, blank in the template

status : can be used to indicate the status of the station. blank in the template

execution : URL of the station that will perform the measurment

destination : URL of the datstore where the resulting data will be sent

user : identification as username/password if required

start  : can be used to program a start of the measurment

end  : can be used to program an end to the measurment

parameter : measurment parameters

The head section can be followed by one o more requests. Each request is composed by

description : description of the request

parameter : measurment parameters

data :   resulting dataset, added after the measurment