[xsl] general question about an approach

[Andreas Peter <info@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello list-users,

for my forthcoming diploma I am developing a XMLSchema for MS Word 
templates. The XMLSchema works fine so far but now a more general 
questions occurs. In my optinion there are two possible procedures:

1. Use a XMLSchema inside of the Word template => save as XML => get a 
validated (nested) XML file
2. Use a transformation => get a (nested) XML structure out of the flat 
WordML file => validate it against the existing XMLSchema => get a 
validated XML file

My question now:
Which  approach will be more useful? I ask this question because I think 
the list-users have more practical experience than I have.

Thanks for helping me,
Andreas