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 Actually we have something like a flexible schema that works for content completion but not immediately for validation. We added this in one of the first versions of oXygen, more than 10 years ago :). If you use the "Learn document structure" action (CTRL+Shift+L / CMD+Shift+L on Mac) then oXygen will automatically infer a DTD from the document structure and will use that information to offer content completion proposals. When you add a new element you can use the action again to learn the new document structure. The validate action does not use this inferred DTD, unfortunately, but it is possible to save this structure with Document->XML Document-> Save Structure (you can associate your desired shortcut for this action) and then a DTD will be saved and a DOCTYPE declaration will be added to the document pointing to that DTD. After this, you can switch the content completion between the DTD and the actual structure using the Validate and the Learn document structure actions. After you Validate the document (CTRL+Shift+V / CMD+Shift+V) the content completion will switch to use the DTD (or the schema) and then you can use Learn document structure to switch back to the document structure. To update the saved DTD after you added a new element you can save the structure again overwriting the previously saved DTD. I think that if we will automatically use the inferred structure also for validation without the need to save it as a DTD then that will be very close, if not exactly, the flexible schema that you want. Best Regards, George -- George Cristian Bina <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com On 12/8/13, 1:12 AM, Simon St.Laurent wrote: On 12/7/13 5:24 PM, George Cristian Bina wrote:I am not sure about the first case... in general when someone creates a document the schema is not under development at that point or that user has no authority to change the schema.I think what Roger proposed was pretty much exactly that - allowing flexible schemas that can be changed during editing of documents. That's what I liked about it, anyway!There is also no intermediate level, like a local dictionary, where you can add local, user specific element definitions.That's an interesting idea too. Thanks, 
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