Excel Schema Overview

The following schemas are used with SpreadsheetML, an XML dialect useful for extracting information from Excel spreadsheets.

Namespaceurn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel
DescriptionThis namespace defines elements and attributes used to describe more complex features of Excel, such as PivotTables, worksheet options, and validation.
Prefixx
Friendly Name XML Spreadsheet 2000
Namespaceurn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet
DescriptionThis namespace contains the elements and attributes related to basic spreadsheet functionality.
Prefixss
Friendly Name XML Spreadsheet 2002
Namespacehttp://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml
DescriptionThis namespace contains functionality added in Microsoft Office Excel 2003, which mainly includes mapping XML.
Prefixx2
Friendly Name XML Spreadsheet 2003
Namespaceuuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882
DescriptionThis namespace contains the data types that can be used for columns in PivotTables.
Prefixdt
Friendly Name Data Type
Namespaceurn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset
DescriptionThis namespace is used to describe the attibutes of the row element for PivotTables.
Prefixrs
Friendly Name Rowset
Namespaceuuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882
DescriptionThis namespace contains elements and attributes which describe the row elements for PivotTables.
Prefixs
Friendly Name Rowset Definition
Namespace#RowsetSchema
DescriptionThis namespace provides a description of a generalized row element that is used as a model for validation purposes when using PivotTables.
Prefixz
Friendly Name Model Row
Namespacehttp://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc
DescriptionThis namespace contains elements and attributes which describe Universal Data Connections that are used in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 to connect to external data sources.
Prefixudc
Friendly Name Universal Data Connection
Namespacehttp://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap
DescriptionThis namespace defines external data connections when using the SOAP protocol.
Prefixudcs
Friendly Name Universal Data Connection SOAP
Namespacehttp://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile
DescriptionThis namespace defines only one element, File, which specifies the pathname of an XML file that is used by UDC.
Prefixudcxf
Friendly Name Universal Data Connection XML File
Namespaceurn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet
DescriptionThis namespace supports the Office Web Component.
Prefixc
Friendly Name Office Web Component: Spreadsheet
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