Crash course in XSD?

[Tormod]

I need to freshen up my XML skills ASAP, and especially XSD which I have not really worked with before. I have to create some templates for an application which uses XML documents to store groups of rules for processing images.

 

If anyone can recommend books or websites on this topic I'd be very grateful! :)

 

By the way I am reading through this XML Schema Tutorial but need something more hands-on with exercises or a sample application.

[alexander]

generally recommend O'Reilly books for any technical stuff.... they are by far the best in the industry, as far as i have read so far! Basically written for more professional people interested in learning something, and being profficient with it. Yes there are other books on XML, but i think O'Reilly is the best :)

 

oreilly.com -- Welcome to O'Reilly Media, Inc.

[Tormod]

I am a Safari subscriber so I have access to most of their catalogue. Any particular book you would recommend for this? :)

[C1ay]

You might also find some useful info in the XML section of Wikibooks....

[alexander]

Well, if you want to have a book on XML (and i actually don't have any) but i would say, "XML in a Nutshell" would be a good book to look into. "Learning XML" may be another one to look at...

 

ther places to look at:

XML Schemas: Best Practices

XML Tutorial

 

i'm sure there are more, that you can find just check out xml tutorial

[Tormod]

Thanks for the great input. I know the basics of XML and we're even using it between the portal and the forums here at Hypography. But it's been a while since I needed to do any "serious" XML work so I need some refreshing and learning-of-new-things.

[alexander]

If you go to XML Tutorial link, there are "Advanced XML" tutorials underneeth that, so you can get a fairly quick refresher course without getting a book :)

[Buffy]

Get a tool! There are lots out there. I've just been using the Visual Studio 2005 tools which produce schemas from XML examples. You then have to add domain restrictions, etc. but it sure saves a lot of time.

 

That and the little O'reilly XML quick guide is all I really use although I have "XML in a Nutshell" around here somewhere too...

 

<xs:element name="Buffy">

<xs:complexType>

</xs:element>

[Tormod]

Good idea regarding the tool. I found this one which is free:

FREE XML Schema Editor - Graphical XML and XSD Editor, with Validator

 

Looks pretty capable.

[alexander]

Tools are always a must-have thing (well toools are good to have too :) )

[Tormod]

I downloaded a trial of XMLspy today and wrote my first XSD. My longish XML file validated with a few tweaks. Brilliant stuff.

[Buffy]

I downloaded a trial of XMLspy today and wrote my first XSD. My longish XML file validated with a few tweaks. Brilliant stuff. :naughty:

I have several friends who swear by XMLspy. I have downloaded it but never fiddled with it (VS is too nicely integrated with what we're doing: click, click, db->datastructure->xml->display and versa-vice (with some help from XSLT!))...maybe someday....

 

Schematically yours,

Buffy

[alexander]

i have also heard good things