How to visualize an XML schema? [closed]

Answer 1

If you need a simple, more text-oriented documentation of your XSD, check out xs3p - a XSLT stylesheet that will transform your XSD into more readable HTML format. Quite nice, and totally free.

If that's not enough, check out some of the commercial tools out there - I personally prefer the Liquid XML Studio - not as expensive as others, and quite as capable!

Answer 2

The Oracle JDeveloper 11g built-in viewer is in my view superior to the one available for Eclipse (which, in addition to other unfavourable comparison points I could only get to install for Indigo but not for Juno). If I am not mistaken Oracle makes the JDeveloper available for free (only requires registration at the OTN).

Answer 3

Visual Studio 2013 has a pretty cool visualizer built in.

File -> Open -> File pick your .xsd and then drag elements from XML Schema Explorer onto the designer surface.

Answer 4

Grid-ML Schema Viewer is great for searching and visualizing XML Schemas: https://gridml.com/xml-schema-viewer. I find it better than other tools when it comes to large schemas or when browsing through a diagram is not feasible. The tool also allows you to copy the XPath or JSON path of the selection item.

Grid-ML Schema Search Screen

Answer 5

The open source command line java application xsdvi creates an interactive diagram in SVG format from an XML Schema Definition. The generated SVG file can be displayed by a modern web browser where the user can expand and collapse the tree by mouse clicking.

Here is an example of a generated diagram

http://xsdvi.sourceforge.net/ipo.svg

The software can be downloaded from

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xsdvi/

It can be run as follows (assuming Java is installed and java.exe is in the path):-

1. Go to the dist/lib folder.
2. Run the following command java -jar xsdvi.jar <input1.xsd> [<input2.xsd> [<input3.xsd> ...]] [style]

Answer 6

There is a new free-to-use webtool, where you can view any xml schema:

Online XML Schema Viewer

www.xml-tools.net

It's written completely in JavaScript, so it's running in most modern browsers.