The data source instructs the document generation to fetch data from a supported tool. The data from the tool is in the syntax of .xml files, commonly defined as XML Schema Definition (.xsd) files. The standard .xsd files are available in the examples directory of Rational Publishing Engine.
A dynamic data source is a data source that is configured at run time and not statically in the document specification. Dynamic data sources use information read from the user through variables or calculated from other data sources.