Data Sources File Format Reference

Gatsby Database Explorer stores information about mounted databases in a file called a Gatsby Data Sources file. This file has the extension .gds and is in a XML format. Every facet of the data sources can (and should) be accessed programatically through DBDOM and edited with the Gatsby Design Assistant. However, it is documented here for completeness.

<?xml version ="1.0"?>

<Schema name = "Gatsby Data Sources" xmlns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data" xmlns:dt = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes">

<AttributeType name = "NAME" dt:type = "string" required = "yes"/>

<AttributeType name = "CAPTION" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "DESCRIPTION" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "ALLOWANONYMOUS" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "READONLY" dt:type = "boolean"/>

<AttributeType name = "KEYTO" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "KEYTOLOOKUP" dt:type = "string"/>

<ElementType name = "DATABASES" content = "eltOnly" order = "seq">

<AttributeType name = "ANONYMOUSUSER" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "ANONYMOUSPASSWORD" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "BASELOCATION" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "WORKGROUPFILE" dt:type = "string"/>

<attribute type = "ANONYMOUSUSER"/>

<attribute type = "ANONYMOUSPASSWORD"/>

<attribute type = "BASELOCATION"/>

<attribute type = "WORKGROUPFILE"/>

<Element type = "ADO_DATABASE" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "*"/>

<Element type = "DATABASE" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "*"/>

</ElementType>

<ElementType name = "ADO_DATABASE" content = "eltOnly" order = "seq">

<AttributeType name = "CONNECT_STRING" dt:type = "string" required = "yes"/>

<attribute type = "CONNECT_STRING"/>

<attribute type = "NAME"/>

<attribute type = "ALLOWANONYMOUS"/>

<attribute type = "READONLY"/>

<Element type = "VIEWS" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "*"/>

</ElementType>

<ElementType name = "VIEWS" content = "eltOnly" order = "seq">

<Element type = "VIEW" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "*"/>

</ElementType>

<ElementType name = "VIEW" content = "eltOnly" order = "seq">

<AttributeType name = "KEY" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "ROWCAPTION" dt:type = "string"/>

<attribute type = "KEY"/>

<attribute type = "ROWCAPTION"/>

<attribute type = "NAME"/>

<Element type = "PARAMETERS" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "1"/>

<Element type = "ATTRIBUTES" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "1"/>

</ElementType>

<ElementType name = "ATTRIBUTES" content = "eltOnly" order = "seq">

<Element type = "ATTRIBUTE" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "*"/>

</ElementType>

<ElementType name = "ATTRIBUTE" content = "empty">

<AttributeType name = "KEYTOHIDDEN" dt:type = "boolean"/>

<AttributeType name = "KEYTODEPENDENT" dt:type = "boolean"/>

<AttributeType name = "KEYTOCAPTION" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "LINKTHRESHOLD" dt:type = "i4"/>

<AttributeType name = "LINKEDFILEFOLDER" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "ALLOWEDMEDIATYPE" dt:type = "string"/>

<AttributeType name = "ALLOWEDMEDIASUBTYPE" dt:type = "string"/>

<attribute type = "KEYTOHIDDEN"/>

<attribute type = "KEYTODEPENDENT"/>

<attribute type = "KEYTOCAPTION"/>

<attribute type = "LINKTHRESHOLD"/>

<attribute type = "LINKEDFILEFOLDER"/>

<attribute type = "ALLOWEDMEDIATYPE"/>

<attribute type = "ALLOWEDMEDIASUBTYPE"/>

<attribute type = "NAME"/>

<attribute type = "CAPTION"/>

<attribute type = "DESCRIPTION"/>

<attribute type = "KEYTO"/>

<attribute type = "KEYTOLOOKUP"/>

</ElementType>

<ElementType name = "PARAMETERS" content = "eltOnly" order = "seq">

<Element type = "PARAMETER" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "*"/>

</ElementType>

<ElementType name = "PARAMETER" content = "empty">

<attribute type = "NAME"/>

<attribute type = "CAPTION"/>

<attribute type = "DESCRIPTION"/>

<attribute type = "KEYTO"/>

<attribute type = "KEYTOLOOKUP"/>

</ElementType>

<ElementType name = "DATABASE" content = "eltOnly" order = "seq">

<AttributeType name = "LOCATION" dt:type = "string" required = "yes"/>

<attribute type = "LOCATION"/>

<attribute type = "NAME"/>

<attribute type = "ALLOWANONYMOUS"/>

<attribute type = "READONLY"/>

</ElementType>

</Schema>