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<h1>Architecture<a class="headerlink" href="#architecture" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>The architecture of PyXB requires an understanding of four models.
<a class="reference external" href="arch_namespaces.html#namespaces"><em>Namespaces</em></a> describe how objects are aggregated by name and kind. The
<a class="reference external" href="arch_component.html#componentmodel"><em>Component Model</em></a> represents XML schema using the thirteen component
types defined in the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/">XML schema specification</a>. The <a class="reference external" href="arch_binding.html#bindingmodel"><em>Binding Model</em></a> describes
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the component model of a specific schema supports translation between XML
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