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In my opinion, a browsing experience is better than a static-graphics experience, when navigating models. (just my 2 cents). On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Rudder, Doug Jr <Doug.Rudder@wolterskluwer.com> wrote: > I agree completely. This is a customer request (one that already has a copy > of the schema). I've generated a graphical view from Oxygen now that I will > pass along. My preference is to go directly from the DTD/XSD, especially > considering the extent of the data model being viewed. > > > > We'll see how the graphical view is received. > > > > Thanks for the responses. > > > > Doug > > > > From: David Lee [mailto:dlee@calldei.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 9:29 AM > To: 'Michael Kay'; xml-dev@lists.xml.org > Subject: RE: Graphical DTD/XSD Viewer > > > > I agree with Michael. Not only are they incomprehensible, but for all but > the most trivial schemas you simply cannot see enough detail on a single > page to make sense of it. > > I find them more useful as an interactive outlining tool to help find places > in the schema to look. > > Here’s an example of a *very simple* schema and what the diagram looks like > (This one is from Stylus Studio). > > http://xml.calldei.com/JsonXML > > here > > http://xml.calldei.com/JsonXML/files.xml?action=download&file=jxml.jpg > > > > > > I included this diagram as an experiment on the web page but honestly > looking at it I can’t make much sense out of it even though I’ve used the > tool for years. > > > > Anything much more complex than this and even on a huge monitor its only > slightly useful if you can focus in and drill down on parts, while > collapsing others,. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > David A. Lee > > dlee@calldei.com > > http://www.xmlsh.org > > > > From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@saxonica.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:20 AM > To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org > Subject: Re: Graphical DTD/XSD Viewer > > > > On 08/02/2011 14:22, Rudder, Doug Jr wrote: > > Hi, all - > > > > A request just came in from our publishing systems manager asking if there > is a good tool to represent DTDS or XSDs as a graphical image. One of our > new associates wants something more understandable than a DTD/XSD (they are > new to the XML world, but want to leverage our data in their product). > > > > I don't currently use such a tool myself, so I thought I'd post the question > to the list to find out what tools may be available for this purpose. > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > ============================ > > Douglas Rudder > > XML Data Architect > > Wolters Kluwer Health, Clinical Solutions > > 77 West Port Plaza, Suite 450 > > St. Louis, MO 63146 > > Phone: 314-216-2227 > > email: Doug.Rudder@wolterskluwer.com > > ============================ > > > > All the popular XML IDEs (Altova, Stylus Studio, oXygen) offer graphical > representations of schemas. Personally, I find them totally incomprehensible > - I've always hated pictures that need a thousand words to explain them - > but some people seem to like them. > > Michael Kay > Saxonica
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