This schema describes MAML, the Microsoft Assistance Markup Language. MAML is intended for software documentation. In particular, it is intended to accomodate the needs of Microsoft documentation. The schema is broken into three main areas: end user, developer and IT Pro. These areas adequaltely categorize Microsoft documentation. The namespace uri for this version of MAML is: http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/4. Each backwards-incompatible revision to MAML will require that the date fields be appropriately incremented in uri of the updated version of the MAML schema. This portion of the schema was created by chains in July 2004. This portion of the schema provides the definitions for developer-specific structural elements that make up developer document page types. This element contains a detailed discussion of the current item. n/a This element holds a discussion of security issues. n/a This element holds a discussion of a code example. n/a This element is a collection of codeExample elements. n/a