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,.
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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,
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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
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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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