The metadata elements of the ETHICSWEB application profiles correspond to XML elements of the ETHICSWEB XML schemas. Each schema defines the XML elements of the exchange format for the corresponding object type. The exchange format is the common denominator of data deriving from different sources.

The ETHICSWEB XML schemas are available at the following locations within the ETHICSWEB portal:

• Document-like information objects (DLIOs)
  http://www.ethicsweb.org/dlio/2.6/AP_DLIO2.xsd
• News
  http://www.ethicsweb.org/news/1.0/Ethicsweb_AP_News_20090929.xsd
• Events
  http://www.ethicsweb.org/events/1.0/Ethicsweb_AP_Events_20091006.xsd
• Experts
  http://www.ethicsweb.org/expert/2.1/AP_Expert.xsd
• Learning resources
  http://www.ethicsweb.org/lr/2.1/AP_LR.xsd
• Projects
  http://www.ethicsweb.org/project/2.0/AP_Project.xsd
• Training programmes
  http://www.ethicsweb.org/training/2.0/AP_Training.xsd
• Knowledge organization systems (KOS)
  http://www.ethicsweb.org/kos/2.1/AP_KOS.xsd