About XML Schema Tools

The XML schema tools available in this release of the NetBeans™ Enterprise Pack allow you to visualize and edit XML schemas. The XML schema tools focus on complex information display and real-world use issues (for example, scalable visualization and editing of massive XML schemas). In addition, the XML schema tools reduce the complexity of creating and editing XML schemas, thus allowing someone who is not a schema expert to create and modify XML schema and other XML documents. Using the XML schema tools, you can reference external schemas and run advanced queries to analyze your schemas.

Using XML functionality, you can:

Visualize and edit an XML schema in a scalable fashion using the Schema view
Perform advanced queries and visualization in the Analysis view
Add components to a schema
View and change the properties of a selected schema component
Reference an existing schema in your project

See XML Schema Tasks for additional information.

Views in the Source Editor

When you open an XML schema file in the IDE, the Source Editor opens that file in a tab that contains several views. The Source Editor tab for the schema file has three buttons that you use to access the different views: Source, Schema, and Design.

See Also: XML Schema Editor: About the Schema View; XML Schema Editor: About the Design View; About the Source Editor; Navigator Window (XML Schema Tools)

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