Validating DDEX messages

DDEX develops standards for the electronic communication of music-related data using, for the most part, messages. One step in verifying that a message has been created in accordance with the standard is “validation”.

• For those DDEX standards that use XML, off-the-shelf XML validation tools can be used to help with XML validation which is explained here.

• For the flat file standards DDEX members have created tools for flat-file validation which is explained here.