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1. Tutorial ALTOVA P eo HI a TE et axe MN qe gt Copyright 1998 2011 Altova GmbH All rights reserved Use of this software is governed by and subject to an Altova software license agreement MLSps MapForce StuleWision SemanticWorks SchemaAgent UModel Database Spy Diff Dog Authentic AltovashL Missionkit and ALTOVA as well as their logos are trademarks andfor registered trademarks of Altova GmbH Protected by US Patent 7 739 292 EMAIL XSL XHTML and WeSC are trademarks registered in numerous countries oF the world wide Web Consortium marks of the WS are registered and held by ite host institutions MIT IMA 1 4 JAS and Keio UNICODE and the Unicode Logo are trademarks of Unicode Inc This software ALTOVA contains Srd party software or material that is protected by copyright and subject to okher t rms and conditions as detailed on the Altova website at hho eww alto com legal A rdparty html Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution ha
2. Sequence This inserts the Sequence compositor 2 Right click the Sequence compositor and select Add Child Element 3 Enter First as the name of the element and press the Tab key This automatically places the cursor in the type field Address Person Person l xs nonhegativelnteger lt enonPositivelnteger xe normalizedstring xa NOTATION xa positivelnteger KE aMame Defaul lt s short Se gt string xs ctime 4 Select the xs string entry from the dropdown list or enter it into the type value field 5 Use the drag and drop method to create four more elements Name them Last Title PhoneExt and Email respectively 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 16 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics type type Person L Title type T type xs string wm PPhoneExt Please note You can select multiple elements by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking each of the required elements This makes it possible to e g copy several elements at once Making an element optional Right click the Title element and select Optional from the context menu The frame of the element box changes from solid to dashed this is a visual indication that an element is optional name Title Ret LI mn cc 0 marco type saating 7 content simple dernvedBy default tied nillable DRE Details Simple T ype In the Details Entry Helper you will see that minOcc 0 and maxOcc
3. x Examples al 4 Org Chart Expense Report International SOAP Debugge WSDL Editor Attribute IndustruStandar Messages x Z xa aag SAIS x Entity a M F 4 F Mess Findi Path SL 0 F Note the four main parts of the interface i the Project and Info Windows on the left ii the Main Window in the middle ili the Entry Helpers on the right and iv the Output Windows at the bottom Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 5 Creating a new XML Schema file To create a new XML Schema file 1 Select the menu option File New The Create new document dialog opens Create new document x Select the type of document you wish to create AML Query Language ABIL Query Language ML Query Language for DBS AL el Language ML Schema BRL RE Schema AL Stylesheet v1 0 Aol Stylesheet v2 0 ASLT Stylesheet v1 0 ASSLT Stylesheet v2 0 Windig File Select a StyleVision Stylesheet Cancel 2 Inthe dialog select the xsd entry the document description and the list in the window might vary from that in the screenshot and confirm with OK An empty schema file appears in the Main Window in Schema View You are prompted to enter the name of the root element 3 Double click in the highlighted field and enter Company Confirm with Enter company is now the root element of this schema and is created as a global element The view you s
4. Validate or press the F8 key or click An error message appears in the Messages window saying the file is not valid Mandatory elements are expected after the City element in Address If you check your schema you will see that the US Address complex type which you have set this Address element to be with its xsi type attribute has a content model in which the City element must be followed by a Zi p element and a State element Fixing the invalid document The point at which the document becomes invalid is highlighted in this case the city element 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 50 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents wi ME El ments Company mins httg Mn company cominamespace Hminsss http ihanan ses org 2001 MLScheMa IT wi sthe httg finy company comnamespace AddressLast xsd Address xsi hype US Address Hame US dependenc Moble Ave Person Now look at the Elements Entry Helper at top right Notice that the Zi p element is prefixed with an exclamation mark which indicates that the element is mandatory in the current context To fix the validation error 1 In the Elements Entry Helper double click the Zi p element This inserts the Zi p element after the city element we were in the Append tab of the Elements Entry Helper Press the Tab key and enter the Zip Code of the State 04812 then confirm with Enter The Elements Entry Helper now shows that the State element is mandatory
5. XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 19 3 1 Working with Complex Types and Simple Types Having defined the content model of an element you may decide you want to reuse it elsewhere in your schema The way to do this is by creating that element definition as a global complex type or as a global element In this section you will work with global complex types You will first create a complex type at the global level and then extend it for use in a content model You will learn about global elements later in this tutorial Creating a global complex type The basic Address element that we defined containing Name Street and City elements can be reused in various address formats So let us create this element definition as a complex type which can be reused To create a global complex type 1 In the Content Model View right click the Address element 2 Inthe context menu that now appears select Make Global Complex type A global complex type called AddressType Is created and the Address element in the Company content model is assigned this type The content of the Address element is the content model of AddressType which is displayed in a yellow box Notice that the datatype of the Address element is now AddressType 3 Click the Display All Globals icon This takes you to the Schema Overview in which you can view all the global comp
6. it is prefixed with an exclamation mark See screenshot below wi x Elements Company mins httg ny Company comnamespace mins http Shay sews 0200 A MLochema ir xsirsche http imy company comnamespace AddressLast xed Address xsi hype US Address gt Hame US dependenc Y Street Noble Ave City Dallas Zip Person In the Elements Entry Helper double click the State element Then press Tab and enter the name of the state Texas Confirm with Enter The Elements Entry Helper now contains only grayed out elements This shows that there are no more required child elements of Address Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 51 x XML di Co edited with XML Spy v4 0 U http ae xmlepy com alex pilz Caltova Company mins http finy company comnamespace emins http nn es org 2001 AML Schema inst ss itp finy company comnamespace AddressLast xsd Address itype LS Address 4 Hame US dependency i Street Noble Ave Y City Dallas Zip Completing the document and revalidating Let us now complete the document enter data for the Person element before revalidating Do the following 1 Click the value field of the element First and enter a first name say Fred Then press Enter Person Manager rue Degree BA Programmer false Y Last Y PhoneExt Y Email In the same way enter data for all the child elem
7. Person maxQccurs unbounded gt lt xs Sequence gt lt xsccamplex ype lt xselement gt The diagram above shows the first page of the schema documentation in HTML form lf components from other schemas have been included then those schemas are also documented Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas XMLSpy Features 37 complex Type US Address diagram US Address x string Zip xs postivelnteger US State namespace httg ny Company comMmamespace type extension of AddressType properties name US Aaddress base AddressT ype children Hame Street City Zip State source xs complexType name US Address sxs complex content lt xs extension base Address Type gt lt XS SEQUENCES xs element name Zip type xs postivelnteger sx element name State type US State gt lt xS SeQuence gt sixes extensions sixa complex content ahs complex Ty pe The diagram above shows how complex types are documented 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 38 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas XMLSpy Features element US Address ip diagram xa postivelnteger namespace http Ainy company comnamespace type 5 positivelnteger properties name ip isket 0 content simple Source xs element name Zip type xs postivelnteger element US Address State diagram namespace httg in Company com
8. XMLSpy Features 35 4 2 Schema Documentation XMLSpy provides detailed documentation of XML Schemas in HTML and Microsoft Word MS Word formats You can select the components and the level of detail you want documented Related components are hyperlinked in both HTML and MS Word documents In order to generate MS Word documentation you must have MS Word installed on your computer or network In this section we will generate documentation for the AddressLast xsd XML Schema Do the following 1 Select the menu option Schema design Generate documentation This opens the Schema Documentation dialog Schema documentation Documentation Design Use fixed design for schema documentation in HTML Word or RTF format Use user defined design For HTML Word RTF or PDF format Requires Stylevision Select SPS design C StructureQyverview sps Browse Edit Output Format l P M Show result file after generation HTML Create diagrams as Microsoft Word f ENG EMF C RTF D Embed diagrams PDF see above Create folder for diagrams M Save schema documentation settings Generate links to local files Split output to multiple Files absolute PF Embed C55 in HTML relative to result file Include Details M Index M Simple Types M Diagram M Patterns M Complex Types w Namespace M Enumerations M Global ttibutes I Groups w ppe M Attributes M Global Elements M Attribute groups w Children M Identity constrain
9. a ZIP Code element To do this right click the US Address component and from the context menu that appears select Add Child Sequence A new sequence compositor is displayed outside the AddressType box screenshot below This is a visual indication that this is an extension to the element type US Address 8 Right click the new sequence compositor and select Add Child Element 9 Name the newly created element Zi p and then press the Tab key This places the cursor in the value field of the type descriptor line 10 Select xs positiveInteger from the dropdown menu that appears and confirm with Enter Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced ME You now have a complex type called US Address which is based on the complex type AddressType and extends it to contain a ZIP code Global simple types Just as the complex type US Address is based on the complex type AddressType an element can also be based on a simple type The advantage is the same as for global complex types the simple type can be reused In order to reuse a simple type the simple type must be defined globally In this tutorial you will define a content model for US states as a simple type This simple type will be used as the basis for another element Creating a global simple type Creating a global simple type consists of appending a new simple type to the list of global components naming
10. ave mapy com by Alexander Pilz private lt sCompany xmins hith Siny company comnamespace MINE xsi htp Shae ees org 2001 SA MLochema instance xstechemaLocation hittp imy company comnamespace AddressLast xsqd gt Address xsitype US Address sName US dependency Mame sStreet Noble Ave Street lt City Dallas City gt Text arid schemaf Authentic Browser Untitled xml 2 Place the text cursor after the end tag of the Address element and press Enter to add a new line 3 Enter the less than angular bracket lt at this position A dropdown list of all elements allowed at that point according to the schema is displayed Since only the Person element is allowed at this point it will be the only element displayed in the list Address xsttype US ASddress gt sName US dependency Mame sStreet Noble Ave Street lt City Dallas City gt lt Address FE 4 Select the Person entry The Person element as well as its attribute Manager are inserted with the cursor inside the value field of the Manager attribute Address Person Manager lt lompany gt 5 From the dropdown list for the Manager attribute select true Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 47 10 11 Address gt lt Person Manager t company gt Press Enter to insert the value true at the cursor position Move the cursor t
11. elements which are simple types of type xs string but not for the complex type elements This is because the Hide Line If No Value toggle is selected 6 Inthe Single Line Settings group select the Always Show Line radio button 7 Click OK to confirm the changes type Company l city type as type Notice that the descriptor line for the data type is always shown even in element boxes of complex types where they appear without any value Please note e The property descriptor lines are editable so values you enter in them become part of the element definition e The settings you define in the Schema display configuration dialog apply to the schema documentation output as well as the printer output Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 15 2 6 Completing the Basic Schema You have defined the content of the Address element Now you need to define the content of the Person element The Person elementis to contain the following child elements all of which are simple types First Last Title PhoneExt and Email All these elements are mandatory except Title which is optional and they must occur in the order just specified All should be of datatype xs string except PhoneExt which must be of datatype xs integer and limited to 2 digits To create the content model for Person 1 Right click the Person element to open the context menu and select Add Child
12. it and defining its datatype To create a global simple type 1 Switch to Schema Overview If you are in Content Model View click the Display All Globals icon El Click the Append icon and in the context menu that appears select SimpleType Enter US State as the name of the newly created simpleType oN Press Enter to confirm The simple type US State is created and appears in the list of simple types in the Components Entry Helper Click the expand icon of the simpleType entry to see it ee jelement Company ann Root element element eslcomplex Type AddressType ann E Company gelcomplex Type US Address ann E compe xT yAe simpleType US State En C1 Addreestype t US Address 5 xs anyType Elsimple Type 4 US State xs anySimpleType Globals Namespa Identity 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 24 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 5 Inthe Details Entry Helper screenshot below place the cursor in the value field of restr and enter xs string Or select xs string from the dropdown menu in the restr Value field Details Be honPositivelnt eger Hs hormallzedStrino Hs NOTATION Bs positirelnteger Hs LM ame He short SimpleT ype This creates a simple type called US State which is of datatype xs string This global component can now be used in the content model of US Address Using a global simple type in a content model A global sim
13. the changes made to the XSL file 5 Click the CompanyLast xml tab to make the XML file active and select XSL XQuery XSL Transformation or press F10 Anew xSL Output html file appears in the XMLSpy GUI in Browser View The background color of the table is yellow Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XSLT Transformations 65 Your Company Name US dependency Street Noble Ave City Dallas State Texas fap J4e12 6 Select the menu option File Save and save the document as Company html 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 66 XMLSpy Tutorial Project Management 7 Project Management This section introduces you to the project management features of XMLSpy After learning about the benefits of organizing your XML files into projects you will organize the files you have just created into a simple project Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial Project Management 67 7 1 Benefits of Projects The benefits of organizing your XML files into projects are listed below Files and URLs can be grouped into folders by common extension or any other criteria Batch processing can be applied to specific folders or the project as a whole A DTD or XML Schema can be assigned to specific folders allowing validation of the files in that folder XSLT files can be assigned to specific folders allowing transformations of the XML files in th
14. the path is relative otherwise absolute as in the screenshot above Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XSLT Transformations 63 6 2 Transforming the XML File To transform the XML document using the XSL file you have assigned to it 1 Ensure that the XML file is the active document 2 Select the menu option XSL XQuery XSL Transformation F10 or click the E icon This starts the transformation using the XSL stylesheet referenced in the XML document Since the Company xs1 file is an XSLT 1 0 document the built in Altova XSLT 1 0 Engine is automatically selected for the transformation The output document is displayed in Browser View it has the name XSL Output html If the HTML output file is not generated ensure that in the XSL tab of the Options dialog Tools Options the default file extension of the output file has been set to html The HTML document shows the Company data in one block down the left and the Person data in tabular form below Your Company Name Us dependency Street Noble Ave City Dallas State Texas Fip 04612 Please note Should you only see a table header and no table data in the output file make sure that you have defined the target namespace for your schema as detailed in Defining your own namespace at the beginning of the tutorial The namespace must be identical in all three files Schema XML and XSL 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011
15. 1 indicating that the element is optional Alternatively to using the context menu to make an element optional you can set minOcc 0 in order to make the element optional Limiting the content of an element To define the PhoneExt element to be of type xs integer and have a maximum of two digits 1 Double click in the type field of the PhoneExt element and select or enter the xs integer entry from the dropdown list Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 17 Ema xe integer type KE language The items in the Facets Entry Helper change at this point 2 Inthe Facets Entry Helper double click in the maxInc1 field and enter 99 Confirm with Enter Details NET sa D l minUec marUec tupe content FPhoneExt rinlrict maine S This defines that all phone extensions up to and including 99 are valid 3 Select the menu option File Save to save the changes to the schema Please note Selecting an XML Schema datatype that is a simple type for example xs string or xs date automatically changes the content model to simple in the Details Entry Helper content simple Adding a compositor to an element sequence choice Or all automatically changes the content model to complex in the Details Entry Helper content complex The schema described above is available as AddressFirst xsd in the C Documents and Settings lt username gt My Documents Altova XMLS
16. 6 XSLT Transformations Objective To generate an HTML file from the XML file using an XSL stylesheet to transform the XML file You should note that a transformation does not change the XML file into anything else instead a new output file is generated The word transformation is a convention Method The method used to carry out the transformation is as follows e Assign a predefined XSL file Company xs1 to the XML document e Execute the transformation within the XMLSpy interface using one of the two built in Altova XSLT engines See note below Commands used in this section The following XMLSpy commands are used in this section XSL XQuery Assign XSL which assigns an XSL file to the active XML document XSL XQuery Go to XSL opens the XSL file referenced by the active XML document XSL XQuery XSL Transformation F10 or the toolbar icon transforms the active XML document using the XSL stylesheet assigned to the XML file If an XSL file has not been assigned then you will be prompted for one when you select this command Please note XMLSpy has two built in XSLT engines the Altova XSLT 1 0 Engine and Altova XSLT 2 0 Engine The Altova XSLT 1 0 Engine is used to process XSLT 1 0 stylesheets The Altova XSLT 2 0 Engine is used to process XSLT 2 0 stylesheets The correct engine is automatically selected by XMLSpy on the basis of the version attribute in the xsl stylesheet or xsl transform element In this tutorial tra
17. Do the following 1 Click on the row label 1 hold down the Ctrl key and click on row label 2 This selects both rows of the table Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 57 Address lt sitype Ut Address Person Manager Degree Programmer Y First 3 Li 2 Select the menu option Edit Copy as Structured text This command copies elements to the clipboard as they appear on screen 3 Switch to Excel and paste Ctrl V the XML data in an Excel worksheet TRUE BA FALSE Fred Srnith 22 omithG work com FALSE MA TRUE Alfred Aldrich 33 AldnichtGwark co 4 Enter a new row of data in Excel Make sure that you enter a three digit number for the PhoneExt element say 444 TRUE BA FALSE Fred smith 22 omithG work com FALSE MA TRUE Alfred Aldrich 33 Aldrich work co TRUE PAD FALSE Colin Coletti 444 Coletti work com 5 Mark the table data in Excel and press Ctrl C to copy the data to the clipboard 6 Switch back to XMLSpy 7 Click in the top left data cell of the table in XMLSpy and select Edit Paste Address xsitypesUs Address Person 3 Manager Degree Programmer First Last Pho 4 TRUE BA FALSE Fred Smith 22 2 FALSE MA TRUE Alfred Aldrich 33 3 TRAUE Pho FALSE Colin Coletti 444 8 The updated table data is now visible in the table 9 Change the uppercase boolean values TRUE and FALSE to lowercase true and false respectively using the menu option
18. Edit Replace Ctri H Sorting the table by the contents of a column A table in Table View can be sorted in ascending or descending order by any of its columns In this case we want to sort the Person table by last names To sort a table by the contents of a column 1 select the Last column by clicking in its header 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 58 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents Address lt sityoe US Address Person 3 q true Fred Smith 22 2 false Alfred EUR 3 true Colin 2 Select the menu option XML Table Ascending sort or click on the Ascending Sort icon 2 The column and the whole table with it are now sorted alphabetically The column remains highlighted Address xsttype Ut Address Person 3 1 false MA true Alfred MAA 2 true Pho false Colin Coletti 3 true BA false Fred Smith 22 The table is sorted not just in the display but also in the underlying XML document That is the order of the Person elements is changed so that they are now ordered alphabetically on the content of Last Click the Text tab if you wish to see the changes in Text View 3 Select the menu option XML Validate or press F8 An error message appears indicating that the value 444 is not allowed for a PhoneExt element see screenshot The invalid PhoneExt element is highlighted Expand Details to see that PhoneExt Is not valid because it is not less than or equal to the m
19. Edit Edit Annotation in Diagram Whole Annotation Data This inserts the Sequence compositor which defines that the components that follow must appear in the specified sequence For BGS Foot element 3 Right click the Sequence compositor and select Add Child Element An unnamed element component is added 4 Enter Address as the name of the element and confirm with Enter company Ep Root element 5 Right click the Sequence compositor again select Add Child Element Name the newly created element component Person 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 10 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics Address You have so far defined a schema which allows for one address and one person per company We need to increase the number of Person elements 6 Right click the Person element and select Unbounded from the context menu The Person element in the diagram now shows the number of allowed occurrences 1 to infinity Root element Alternatively in the Details Entry Helper you can edit the minOcc and maxocc fields to specify the allowed number of occurrences in this case 1 and unbounded respectively Adding additional levels to the content model structure The basic content model you have created so far contains one level a child level for the company element which contains the Address and Person elements Now we will define the content of the Address element so it contains Na
20. Mamespace type US State properties name State isRetf 0 content simple source lt xs element name State type US State simple Type US State namespace http fm company comnamespace type 5 String properties name US State used by element US Address State source sxa simple Type name U5 State exe restriction base xs string ees simple lype gt The diagram above shows how elements and simple types are documented You can now try out the MS Word output option The Word document will open in MS Word To use hyperlinks in the MS Word document hold down Ctrl while clicking the link Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 39 5 XML Documents In this section you will learn how to create and work with XML documents in XMLSpy You will also learn how to use the various intelligent editing features of XMLSpy Objective The objectives of this section are to learn how to do the following e Create a new XML document based on the AddressLast xsd schema e Specify the type of an element so as to make an extended content model for that element available to the element during validation e Insert elements and attributes and enter content for them in Grid View and Text View using intelligent entry helpers e Copy XML data from XMLSpy to Microsoft Excel add new data in MS Excel and copy the modified data from MS Excel back to XMLSpy This functionalit
21. Street Noble Ave City Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 45 9 4 Entering Data in Text View Text View is ideal for editing the actual data and markup of XML files because of its DTD XML Schema related intelligent editing features Structural layout features In addition Text View has a number of viewing and structural editing features that make editing large sections of text easy These features can be switched on and off in the Text View Settings dialog View Text View Settings screenshot below Text iew Settings Margins Tabs Visual aid M Line number margin Tab size 3 M Indentation guides Bookmark margin i Insert tabs PF End of line markers M Folding margin Insert spaces Whitespace markers Up One line up D own One line down Left One column left Right Une column right Ctrl Up Scroll one line up Chl D owr Scroll one line down Ctrl Lett One word left Ctrl Right One word right Alt Up ML element move up Alt Down ML element move down Shift Up Select line up The following margins in Text View can be switched on and off e Line number margins e Bookmark margins in which individual lines can be highlighted with a marker e Source folding margins which contain icons to expand and collapse the display of elements Additionally visual aids such as indentation guides end of line markers and whitespace markers can be switche
22. To create a target namespace 1 Select the menu option Schema Design Schema settings This opens the Schema Settings dialog Schema settings Default Element form Qualified C Unqualified Default Attribute form Qualified Unqualified Block default FO Final default Po Version Po ral larg PO ID pooo C No target namespace f Target namespace http 1 mp company COM namespace Mamespace tte ny Company comnamespace tte Sas ss org 2001 ML ochema Cancel 2 Click the Target Namespace radio button and enter http my company com namespace In XMLSpy the namespace you enter as the target namespace is created as the default namespace of the XML Schema document and displayed in the list of namespaces in the bottom pane of the dialog 3 Confirm with the OK button Please note e The XML Schema namespace is automatically created by XMLSpy and given a prefix Of xs e When the XML document instance is created it must have the target namespace defined in the XML Schema for the XML document to be valid 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 2 3 Defining a Content Model In the Schema Overview you have already created a global element called Company This element is to contain one Address element and an unlimited number of Person elements its content model Global components that can have content models are elements complexTypes and ele
23. Tutorial 64 XMLSpy Tutorial XSLT Transformations 6 3 Modifying the XSL File You can change the output by modifying the XSL document For example let s change the background color of the table in the HTML output from lime to yellow Do the following 1 Click the CompanyLast xml tab to make it the active document and make sure you are in Grid View 2 Select the menu option XSL XQuery Go to XSL sYxml version 1 0 encoading LITF a gt xsl stylesheet versian 1 0 XIE KE http Sawa ses org 99A SL Transtar MINE si hito san eS org 20004 Ok MLSchema instance MINE tte Sy Company comnamespace lt xeltemplate match htrml shead lt itle Your companys titles head lt body gt lt h1l lt cernter our Companysfcenter lt 11 lt xshapply templates select imy Address lt table border 1 bgcolor lime lt thead align center gt td lt strang First strang Ad ctd lt strong Last fstrong td std lt strong Ext lt strang Ad The command opens the Company xs1 file referenced in the XML document 3 Find the line lt table border 1 bgcolor lime gt and change the entry bgcolor lime to bgcolor yellow shl center our Company lt fcenter 1 lt xshapply templates select tmy Address lt table border 1 bgcolor yelloyy gt sthead align center std strong First strong d std lt strong Last strong td 4 Select the menu option File Save to save
24. able View of Grid View since it is more suited to editing a structure with multiple occurrences such as Person Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 55 5 7 Editing in Database Table View Grid View contains a special view called Database Table View hereafter called Table View which is convenient for editing elements with multiple occurrences Individual element types can be displayed as a table When an element type is displayed as a table its children attributes and elements are displayed as columns and the occurrences themselves are displayed as rows To display an element type as a table you select any one of the element type occurrences and click the Display as Table icon in the toolbar XML Table Display as table This causes that element type to be displayed as a table Descendant element types that have multiple occurrences are also displayed as tables Table View is available in Enhanced Grid View and can be used to edit any type of XML file XML XSD XSL etc Advantages of Table View Table View provides the following advantages e You can drag and drop column headers to reposition the columns relative to each other This means that in the actual XML document the relative position of child elements or attributes is modified for all the element occurrences that correspond to the rows of the table e Tables can be sorted in ascending or descending order accordin
25. ammer attribute with Type xs boolean and Use optional 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 30 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced Defining enumerations for attributes Enumerations are values allowed for a given attribute If the value of the attribute in the XML instance document is not one of the enumerations specified in the XML Schema then the document is invalid We will create enumerations for the Degree attribute of the Person element Do the following 1 2 3 a ot er 9 In the Schema Overview click the Person element to make it active Click the Append icon in the top left of the Attributes window and select the Attribute entry Enter Degree as the attribute name and select xs string as its type With the Degree attribute selected in the Facets Entry Helper click the Enumerations tab see screenshot Attributes Identity constraints Manager book required Programme xe boole optional se strinc_ Facets Patt In the Enumerations tab click the Append icon EI Enter BA and confirm with Enter Use the same procedure to add two more enumerations MA and PhD Click on the Content Model View icon of Person attributes attributes Person teef The previously defined attributes are visible in the Content Model View Clicking the expand icon displays all the attributes defined for that element This display mode and the Attributes ta
26. ase note An XML document does not have to be valid in order to save it Saving an invalid document causes a prompt to appear warning you that you are about to save an invalid document You can select Save anyway if you wish to save the document in its current invalid state Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 53 5 6 Adding Elements and Attributes At this point there is only one Person element in the document To add a new Person element 1 Click the gray sidebar to the left of the Address element to collapse the Address element This clears up some space in the view 2 Select the entire Person element by clicking on or below the Person element text in Grid View Notice that the Person element is now available in the Append tab of the Elements Entry Helper XML i C edited with XML Spy v4 0 U thttg fasse 2mlepy cam b alex pilz Caltova Company xmins http finy company comnamespace imin Htp Shae ses org 2001 MLE chema instar ts Atte finy Ccompany commnamespace AddressLast xsd Z Address lt siitypesUS Address SM ork COM 3 Double click the Person element in the Elements Entry Helper new Person element with all mandatory child elements is appended screenshot below Notice that the optional Title child element of Person is not inserted Company mins http ny compans com namespace xmInsixs http Say 43 org 24001 ML SEchema instance xssche
27. at folder using the assigned XSLT The destination folders of XSL transformation files can be specified for the folder as a whole All the above project settings can be defined using the menu option Project Project Properties In the next section you will create a project using the Project menu Additionally the following advanced project features are available XML files can be placed under source control using the menu option Project Source control Add to source control Please see the Source Control section in the online help for more information Personal network and web folders can be added to projects allowing batch validation 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 68 XMLSpy Tutorial Project Management 7 2 Building a Project Having come to this point in the tutorial you will have a number of tutorial related files open in the Main Window You can group these files into a tutorial project First you create a new project and then you add the tutorial files into the appropriate sub folders of the project Creating a basic project To create a new project 1 Select the menu option Project New Project A new project folder called New Project Is created in the Project Window The new project contains empty folders for typical categories of XML files in a project screenshot below Hew Project EA KML Files BA XSL Files E3 Query Files Ea HTML Files EA DTD Schemas 2 Cli
28. aximum value of 99 Please Note You can click on the links in the error message to jump to the spot in the XML file where the error was found Messages gt Bia m 4 4 8 x E E3 File C Program Files ltor a MLS py2 0064E amples T utorials CompanyFirst xml is not valid E Value 444 is not allowed for element PhoneE st FA iS i Example 0 q at position Company Person PhoneExt a A Details Since the value range we set for phone extension numbers does not cover this extension number we have to modify the XML Schema so that this number is valid You will do this in the next section Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 59 5 8 Modifying the Schema Since two digit phone extension numbers do not cover all likely numbers let s extend the range of valid values to cover three digit numbers We therefore need to modify the XML Schema You can open and modify the XML Schema without having to close your XML document Do the following 1 Select the menu option DTD Schema Go to definition or click the Go To Definition Icon El The associated schema in this case AddressLast xsd IS opened Switch to Schema View screenshot below iann Root element a ciomplexType Address Type ann a comple US Address ann simple Type US State ann slcomplex ype UK Address ann Person ann 2 Click the Display Diagram icon of the global Person element and then
29. b can be toggled by selecting the menu option Schema Design Configure view and checking and unchecking the Attributes check box in the Show in diagram pane Click the Display all Globals icon to return to the Schema Overview Saving the completed XML Schema Please note Before saving your schema file rename the AddressLast xsd file that is delivered with XMLSpy to something else such as AddressLast original xsd so as not Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 31 to overwrite it Save the completed schema with any name you like File Save as We recommend you save it with the name AddressLast xsd since the XML file you create in the next part of the tutorial will be based on the AddressLast xsd schema 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 32 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas XMLSpy Features 4 XML Schemas XMLSpy Features After having completed the XML Schema we suggest you become familiar with a few navigation shortcuts and learn about the schema documentation that you can generate from within XMLSpy These are described in the subsections of this section Commands used in this section In this section of the tutorial you will use Schema View exclusively The following commands are used D oa F Display Diagram or Display Content Model View This icon is located to the left of all global components in Schema Overview Clicking the icon caus
30. butes AddressLast xsd Address xsttype Ub Address Manager Degree Programmer XSitype a a a a i Fl ce 1 false 2 true Messages Find in files Path 51 Outline Find ins The details of the interface are explained as we go along Note that the interface changes dynamically according to the document that is active in the Main Window and according to the view selected Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 3 2 XML Schemas Basics An XML Schema describes the structure of an XML document An XML document can be validated against an XML Schema to check whether it conforms to the requirements specified in the schema If it does it is said to be valid otherwise it is invalid XML Schemas enable document designers to specify the allowed structure and content of an XML document and to check whether an XML document is valid The structure and syntax of an XML Schema document is complex and being an XML document itself an XML Schema must be valid according to the rules of the XML Schema specification In XMLSpy Schema View enables you to easily build valid XML Schemas by using graphical drag and drop techniques The XML Schema document you construct is also editable in Text View and Grid View but is much easier to create and modify in Schema View Objective In this section of the tutorial you will learn how to edit XML Schemas in Schema View Specifical
31. c type ME string content simple UK Address dernvedBy EEN LA E default City fired zg string nillable black form id a Please note In this section you created global simple and complex types which you then used in content model definitions The advantage of global types is that they can be reused in multiple definitions Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 27 3 2 Referencing Global Elements In this section we will convert the locally defined Person element to a global element and reference that global element from within the Company element 1 Click Display All Globals to switch to Schema Overview oN Click the Display Diagram icon of the Company element Right click the Person element and select Make Global Element A small link arrow icon appears in the Person element showing that this element now references the globally declared Person element In the Details Entry Helper the isRef check box is now activated Last type Person l Title E Person EH EH i type T type xe string 1 00 Components 1x Helement E Company fe Person comple Type al Globals Namespa Identity Details hx name Ferson Y a at minOcc mavWoec unbounded tyne content complex mised Details 4 Click the Display All Globals icon to return to Schema Overview The Person el
32. cifying in XML document 42 Enhanced Grid View see Grid View 44 Entry Helper 2 Details 8 in Grid View 53 Enumeration defining for attributes 29 Example files tutorial 1 G Global element using in XML Schema 27 Grid View and Table View 55 appending elements and attributes 53 data entry in 44 using Entry Helpers 53 Identity constraint toggle in Content model view 29 Info window 2 Main window 2 N Namespace in schemas 7 Navigation shortcuts in schema design 33 New XML document creating 40 2011 Altova GmbH 72 Index O Occurrences number of 8 Optional element making 15 Overview 2 pP Project window 2 Project management in XMLSpy 66 Projects in XMLSpy benefits of 67 how to create 68 S Schema documentation 35 see XML Schema 3 Schema Overview 4 Schema View configuring the view 13 Sequence compositor using 8 Simple type in schema definitions 19 T Table View how to use 55 Template folder 1 Text View editing in 45 Tutorial example files 1 goals 1 type extension in XML document 42 V Validating XML documents 49 W Well formedness check for XML document 49 Windows overview 2 X XML document creating new 40 editing in Text View 45 XML document creation tutorial 39 XML documents checking validity of 49 XML Schema adding components 8 adding elements with 12 configu
33. ck the CompanyLast xml tab to make the CompanyLast xml file the active file in the Main Window 3 Select the menu option Project Add active and related files to project Two files are added to the project CompanyLast xml and AddressLast xsd Note that files referenced with Processing instructions Such as XSLT files do not qualify as related files 4 Select the menu option Project Save Project and save the project under the name Tutorial Adding files to the project You can add other files to the project as well Do this as follows 1 Click on any open XML file with the xml file extension other than CompanyLast xml to make that XML file the active file If no other XML file is open open one or create a new XML file 2 Select the menu option Project Add active file to project The XML file is added to the XML Files folder on the basis of its xml file type 3 Inthe same way add an HTML file and XSD file say the Company html and AddressFirst xsd files to the project These files will be added to the HTML Files folder and DID Schemas folder respectively 4 Save the project either by selecting the menu option Project Save Project or by selecting any file or folder in the Project Window and clicking the Save icon in the toolbar or File Save Please note Alternatively you can right click a project folder and select Add Active File to add the active file to that specific folder Other useful commands Her
34. click the PhoneExt element The facet data in the Facets tab is displayed Components element S E HsimpleType Last ype Details Hef min ce type Hs Intege ntent simple Facets bi Attributes Identity constraints Inincl SE K maxlricl 99 Use Default Fixed FIRE sel 3 Inthe Facets tab double click the maxIncl1 value field change the value 99 to999 and confirm with Enter 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 60 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents T PhoneEnt set D masgoc Facets Attributes Identity constraints nane 999 rial ric min Use Default Fisted maxE xc 4 Save the schema document 5 Press Ctri Tab to switch back to the XML document 6 Click to revalidate the XML document man 4 3 8 x File C Documents and Settings My Documents SitovatAMLopy 2nd Examples Tutorialyoompany First xml is walid El A message that the file is valid appears in the Validation window The XML document now conforms to the modified schema 7 Select the menu option File Save As and save the file as CompanyLast xml Remember to rename the original CompanyLast xml file that is delivered with XMLSpy to something else like CompanyLast orig xml Please note The CompanyLast xml file delivered with XMLSpy is in the in the Tutorial folder Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XSLT Transformations 61
35. d on and off by checking and unchecking respectively their check boxes in the Visual Aid pane of the Text View Settings dialog see screenshot above The bookmark feature is useful for setting up markers in your document To insert a bookmark use the command Edit Insert Remove Bookmark Once bookmarks have been inserted you can navigate these bookmarks using commands in the Edit menu The screenshot below shows the current XML file in Text View with all structural editing features enabled For the sake of clarity none of the line numbers indentation guides etc will be shown in Text View in rest of this tutorial Please see the User Manual for more information on Text View 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 46 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents lt xml versione 1 0 encoding UTF 0 t s Company xmins http Mmy comnpany com natt C PROGR A1 tova MLS PY 200P Examples lt Address xsitypes US Address gt sName US dependency Mame Street Noble Aves Street aCity Dallas Jlity Address gt od mo oh eB Ww hao Editing in Text View In this section you will enter and edit data in Text View in order to become familiar with the features of Text View Do the following 1 Select the menu item View Text view or click on the Text tab You now see the XML document in its text form with syntax coloring lt kml version 1 0 encoding LITF a lt l edited with XML Spy v4 0 7 U http
36. document by selecting that table click the element name in the table and clicking the Display As Table a icon Note however that child elements which were displayed as tables will continue to be displayed as tables Entering content in Table View To enter content for the second Person element double click in each of the table cells in the second row and enter some data Note however that PhoneExt must be an integer up to 99 in order for the file to be valid The intelligent editing features are active also within cells of a table so you can select options from dropdown lists where options are available Boolean content and the enumerations for the Degree attribute Person 3 Manager Degree Programmer First Last PhoneExt Email 1 rue BA falze Fred Smith 22 Smithi ark com 2 falze MMA rie Alfred Aldrich 33 Aldrichigyork ca Please note The Entry Helpers are active also for the elements and attributes displayed as a table Double clicking the Person entry in the Elements Entry Helper for example would add a new row to the table i e a new occurrence of the Person element Copying XML data to and from third party products You can copy spreadsheet type data between third party products and XML documents in XMLSpy This data can be used as XML data in XMLSpy and as data in the native format of the application copied to from In this section you will learn how to copy data to and from an Excel data sheet
37. e are some other commonly used project commands e To add a new folder to a project select Project Add Project folder to Project and insert the name of the project folder Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial Project Management 69 e To delete a folder from a project right click the folder and select Delete from the context menu To delete a file from a project select the file and press the Delete key 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 70 XMLSpy Tutorial That s It 8 That s It If you have come this far congratulations and thank you We hope that this tutorial has been helpful in introducing you to the basics of XMLSpy If you need more information please use the context sensitive online help system or print out the PDF version of the tutorial which is available as tutorial pdf in your XMLSpy application folder Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH Index 71 Index A Attribute in schema definitions 29 toggle in Content model view 29 C Complex type extending definition 19 in schema definitions 19 Component definition reusing 19 Compositor for sequences 8 Content Model creating a basic model 8 toggle attributes 29 Content Model View 4 D Database Table View how to use 55 Details Entry Helper 8 Documentation for schema 35 E Element making optional 15 restricting content 15 element type spe
38. e of the element is displayed for each element To configure the Content Model View 1 Select the Content Model View click the Content Model View icon eah of a component in order to enable the Configure view command 2 Select the menu option Schema Design Configure view The Schema Display Configuration dialog appears Schema display configuration Element Attribute Single line settings Common line settings f Single content Always show line M Show line descriptions Twocontents Hide line if no value Distances Parent Child H Child Child H Show in diagram Draw direction M Annotations limit width H Horizontal M Substitution group chain Vertical M Attributes Smart restriction MW Identity Constraints MW Enabled 3 Click the Append icon in the Element tab to add a property descriptor line for each element box 4 From the dropdown menu select t ype or double click in the line and enter t ype This will cause the data type of each element to be displayed in the Content Model View 5 Inthe Single Line Settings pane select Hide Line If No Value This hides the description of the datatype in the element box if the element does not have a datatype for example if the element is a complex type 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 14 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics Company Notice that the type descriptor line appears for the Name Street and City
39. e will have to modify the document appropriately Checking well formedness An XML document is well formed if starting tags match closing tags elements are nested correctly there are no misplaced or missing characters such as an entity without its semi colon delimiter etc You can do a well formedness check in any editing view Let us select Text View To doa well formedness check select the menu option XML Check well formedness or press the F7 key or click Eil A message appears in the Messages window at the bottom of the Main Window saying the document is well formed Notice that the output of the Messages window has 9 tabs The validation output is always displayed in the active tab Therefore you can check well formedness in Tab1 for one schema file and keep the result by switching to Tab2 before validating the next schema document otherwise Tab1 is overwritten with the validation result 7s mam 9 5 3 x wi File Documents and Settings My Documents Altovaehilspy 2011 Examples TutorialCompanyFirst xml i amp well formed a Please note This check does not check the structure of the XML file for conformance with the schema Schema conformance is evaluated in the validity check Checking validity An XML document is valid according to a schema if it conforms to the structure and content specified in that schema To check the validity of your XML document first select Grid View then select the menu option XML
40. ee in the Main Window screenshot below is called the Schema Overview It provides an overview of the schema by displaying a list of all the global components in the top pane of the Main Window the bottom pane displays the attributes and identity constraints of the selected global component You can view and edit the content model of individual global components by clicking the Display Diagram icon to the left of that global component 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 6 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 4 In the Annotations field ann of the Company element enter the description of the element in this case Root element 5 Click the menu option File Save and save your XML Schema with any name you like AddressFirst xsd for example Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 7 2 2 Defining Namespaces XML namespaces are an important issue in XML Schemas and XML documents An XML Schema document must reference the XML Schema namespace and optionally it can define a target namespace for the XML document instance As the schema designer you must decide how to define both these namespaces essentially with what prefixes In the XML Schema you are creating you will define a target namespace for XML document instances The required reference to the XML Schema namespace is created automatically by XMLSpy when you create a new XML Schema document
41. ement is now listed as a global element It is also listed in the Components Entry Helper ann Root element sacomplex ype AddressType ann salcomplexlype US Address ann US State ann salcomplex Type UK Address ann zimpleType fa elermerit iann element EN Company E Person ElcomplexTspe 7c AddressType 4 UK Address KE US Address ft xs anyType simpleT ype p Globals Mamespa Identity 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 28 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 5 Inthe Components Entry Helper double click the Person element to see the content model of the global Person element Person type Notice that the global element box does not have a link arrow icon This is because it is the referenced element not the referencing element It is the referencing element that has the link arrow icon Please note An element that references a global element must have the same name as the global element it references global declaration does not describe where a component is to be used in an XML document It only describes a content model It is only when a global declaration is referenced from within another component that its location in the XML document is specified A globally declared element can be reused at multiple locations It differs from a globally declared complex type in that its content model cannot be modified without also modifying the global element i
42. ent or compositor You can also create elements using drag and drop which is quicker than using menu commands In this section you will add more elements to the definition of the Address element using drag and drop thus completing this definition To complete the definition of the Address element using drag and drop 1 Click the Name element of the Address element hold down the Ctrl key and drag the element box with the mouse A small plus icon appears in the element box indicating that you are about to copy the element A copy of the element together with a connector line also appears showing where the element will be created Root element Person or 2 Release the mouse button to create the new element in the Address sequence If the new element appears at an incorrect location drag it to a location below the Name element aires 3 Double click in the element box and type inStreet to change the element name 4 Use the same method to create a third element called City The content model should now look like this ma Bee ee ee Fun je Miep The Address element has a sequence of a Name a Street and a City element in that order Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 13 2 5 Configuring the Content Model View This is a good time to configure the Content Model View We will configure the Content Model View such that the typ
43. ents of Person that is for Last PhoneExt and Email Note that the value of PhoneExt must be an integer with a maximum value of 99 since this is the range of allowed PhoneExt values you defined in your schema Your XML document should then look something like this in Grid View 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 52 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents Company mins mins xss schemaloca Address Person http Jiny company comnamespace httg eas es 0200 SS MLochema instance httg ny Company comMnamespace COPROGRA1 AltovatMLopy2oubiexamples 1 LtorialddressLlast zad xsishype 4 Name Y Street City 4 Zip i State Manager Degree Programmer First Last PhoneExt US Address US Dependency Moble Ave Dallas 04512 Texas true BA false Fred Smith 22 mit ork com 3 Click again to check if the document is valid message appears in the Messages window stating that the file is valid The XML document is now valid against its schema ya man 8 3 8 x File C Documents and Settings My Documents SitovatMLopy2nt Examples TutorialyoompanyFirst xml is walid z 4 Select the menu option File Save and give your XML document a suitable name for example CompanyFirst xml Note that the finished tutorial file CompanyFirst xml is in the Tutorial folder so you may need to rename it before you give that name to the file you have created Ple
44. es the content model of the associated global component to be displayed Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas XMLSpy Features 33 4 1 Schema Navigation This section shows you how to navigate Schema View efficiently We suggest that you try out these navigation mechanisms to become familiar with them Displaying the content model of a global component Global components that can have content models are complex types elements and element groups The Content Model View of these components can be opened in the following ways e In Schema Overview click the Display Diagram icon to the left of the component name e In either Schema Overview or Content Model View double click the element complex type or element group in the Components Entry Helper screenshot below Components element El Company fe Person Elcomplex Type AE AddressType t UK Address 4 US Address fl xXS anyType simple Type E Globals Namespaces Identity If you double click any of the other global components simple type attribute attribute group in the Components Entry Helper that component will be highlighted in Schema Overview since they do not have a content model In the Components Entry Helper the double clicking mechanism works from both the By Type and By Namespace tabs Going to the definition of a global element from a referencing element If a content model contains an elemen
45. g to the contents of any column using XML Table Ascending Sort or Descending Sort e Additional rows i e element occurrences can be appended or inserted using XML Table Insert Row e You can copy and paste structured data to and from third party products e The familiar intelligent editing feature is active in Table View also Displaying an element type as a Table To display the Person element type as a table 1 In Grid View select either of the Person elements by clicking on or near the Person text Person Manager rue Degree BA Programmer false 4 First Fred Last Smith PhoneExt 22 4 Email Smith work com Person Manager Programmer 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 56 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 2 Select the menu option XML Table Display as table or click the Display as Table icon Both Person elements are combined into a single table The element and attribute names are now the column headers and the element occurrences are the rows of the table Company xmins http imy company cominamespace imin ntp nan ans org 2001 A MLoechema instance SiS FE finy Company comnamespace AddressLast xsd Address acai S Address Manage ER eee 3 Select the menu option View Optimal widths or click the Optimal Widths icon to optimize the column widths of the table Please note Table View can be toggled off for individual element types in the
46. h OK An XML document containing the main elements defined by the schema opens in the main window Click the Grid tab to select Grid View In Grid View notice the structure of the document Click on any element to reduce selection to that element Your document should look something like this Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 41 AIME version encoding Company mins 1mins httg fm company comnamespace http ann ses org 2007 AML Schema asi schemaLoca http imy company comnamespace Address AddressLast xsd Person hlanager 7 Click on the icon next to Address to view the child elements of Address Your document should look like this Company xmins xmins xs xsi schema Address httg Sin company com namespace http Shaw ve org 2001 ML Schema insts httg iny Company comnamespace AddressLast xsd Hame Street Y City Person hlanager 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 42 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 9 2 Specifying the Type of an Element The child elements of Address are those defined for the global complex type AddressType the content model of which is defined in the XML Schema AddressLast xsd Shown in the Grid View screenshot below AddressType pe xs string We would however like to use a specific US or UK address type rather
47. ialog opens Create new document q x Select the type of document you wish to create Web Services Description Language er SML Data Reduced Schema htm Extensible Hypertest Markup Language wml DocBook 4 2 Article wml DocBook 4 2 Book smil EJB 2 0 Deployment Descriptor smil Extensible Markup Language wml I45 BRL Document smil J2EE 1 3 Application smil J2EE 1 3 Application Client smil J2EE Connector 1 0 Resource Adapter smil Servlet 2 3 Deployment Descriptor j Lt dE tm mn l n n nM mn Select a StyleVision Stylesheet Cancel 2 Select the Extensible Markup Language entry or generic XML document entry from the dialog and confirm with OK A prompt appears asking if you want to base the XML document on a DID or Schema IF you intend to create a new 8ML document instance based on a certain schema or DTO XML Spy can automatically add the proper assignment for you in this case please select whether you Intend to base your document on DTO or Schema Lancel Othenwise please click the cancel button to begin with new empty document Click the Schema radio button and confirm with OK A further dialog appears asking you to select the schema file your XML document is to be based on Use the Browse or Window buttons to find the schema file The Window button lists all files open in XMLSpy and projects Select AddressLast xsd see Tutorial introduction for location and confirm wit
48. interface is structured into three vertical areas The central area provides you with multiple views of your XML document The areas on either side of this central area contain windows that provide information editing help and file management features e The left area consists of the Project and Info windows e The central area called the Main window is where you edit and view all types of XML documents You can switch between different views Text View Grid View Schema View WSDL View Authentic View and Browser View These views are described in detail in the individual sections about them in the User Manual e The right hand area contains the three Entry Helper windows which enable you to insert or append elements attributes and entities What entries are displayed in the Entry Helper windows depends on the current selection or cursor location in the XML file x Altova XMLSpy CompanyLast uml File Edit Project ML DTO Schema Schema design Sl Quers Authentic Convert view Os P INAS Bloc m HlGocly Bi be Project Elements Examples edited with AML Spy v4 0 1 U a Org Chart htt Jaw mien com by Alexander Pilz a rivate 28 Expense Report Pp International Ba Purchase Order mins bitte imy company comnamespe i Insis htp hay aa orgi 001 AMLE SOAP Debugge RS TET WSDL Editor IndustryStandards ML based Website Tamino a Query ela Company xsirsch http finy company comnamespe Attri
49. ly you will learn how to do the following Create a new schema file Define namespaces for the schema Define a basic content model Add elements to the content model using context menus and drag and drop Configure the Content Model View After you have completed creating the basic schema you can go to the next section of the tutorial which teaches you how to work with the more advanced features of XML Schema in XMLSpy This advanced section is followed by a section about schema navigation and documentation in XMLSpy Commands used in this section In this section of the tutorial you will use Schema View exclusively The following commands are used Display Diagram or Display Content Model View This icon is located to the left of all global components in Schema Overview Click this icon to display the content model of the associated global component 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 4 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 2 1 Creating a New XML Schema File To create a new XML Schema file in XMLSpy you must first start XMLSpy and then create a new XML Schema xsa document Starting XMLSpy To start XMLSpy double click the XMLSpy icon on your desktop or use the Start All Programs menu to access the XMLSpy program XMLSpy is started with no documents open in the interface 2 Altova XMLSpy File Edit Project Authentic Convert SOAP Tools Window Help li Gs oo a a Le ch Project IX Element
50. maloca http iny company comnamespace COPROGRA 1 AltovalsMLopy200R Examples TutorialtaddressLast xsd Address sitype U5 Address Person Manager true Degree BA Programmer falze First Fred Last Smith 4 PhoneExt 22 Email Smithi evark com Person 1 First PhoneExt a 4 Switch to Grid View and then press F12 to switch the new Person element from Table View to normal Grid View 5 Click on the Manager attribute of the new Person element Take a look at the Attributes Entry Helper The Manager entry is grayed out because it has already been entered Also look at the Info Window which now displays information about the Manager attribute It is a required attribute and has therefore been added The 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 54 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents Programmer attribute has not been added 6 Inthe Append tab of the Attributes Entry Helper double click the Programmer entry This inserts an empty Programmer attribute after the Manager attribute Person Manager true Attributes Degree BA Programmer false First Fred Last Smith PhoneExt 22 Email Smith work com Degree XSI type Manager Programmer Person Manager Append Insert i Entities The Programmer attribute is now grayed out in the Attributes Entry Helper You could enter content for the Person element in this view but let s switch to the Database T
51. me Street and City elements This is a second level Again we need to add a child compositor to the Address element and then the element components themselves Do this as follows 1 Right click the Address element to open the context menu and select Add Child Sequence This adds the Sequence compositor 2 Right click the Sequence compositor and select Add Child Element Name the newly created element component Name Saas alee ek Perso Root element Complex types simple types and XML Schema data types Till this point we have not explicitly defined any element type Click the Text tab to display the Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 11 Text View of your schema listing below You will notice that whenever a Sequence compositor was inserted the xs sequence element was inserted within the xs complexType element In short the Company and Address elements because they contain child elements are complex types A complex type element is one which contains attributes or elements lt xs element name Company gt xxs annotation gt lt xs documentation gt Root element lt xs documentation gt xxs annotation gt lt xs complexType gt lt xs sequence gt lt xs element name Address gt lt xs complexType gt lt xs sequence gt lt xs element name Name gt lt xs sequence gt lt xs complexType gt lt xs element gt lt xs element name Per
52. ment groups In XMLSpy the content model of a global component is displayed in the Content Model View of Schema View To view and edit the content model of a global component click the Display Diagram icon located to the left of the global component In this section you will create the content model of the Company element Creating a basic content model To create the content model of the Company element 1 Inthe Schema Overview click the Display Diagram icon of the Company element This displays the content model of the Company element which is currently empty Alternatively you can double click the Company entry in the Components entry helper to display its content model Foot element 2 A content model consists of compositors and components The compositors specify the relationship between two components At this point of the Company content model you must add a child compositor to the Company element in order to add a child element To add a compositor right click the Company element From the context menu that appears select Add Child Sequence Sequence Choice and All are the three compositors that can be used in a content model Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 9 Add child i Element Insert Sequence Append Choice All Change Model New Global Make Global Any Optional Attribute Unbounded Attribute Group Any Attribute 0 to Definition
53. ni ni 42 Enternne Data in Grid Vie W siese ione e e de ened 44 Ejtenne Datain Text View Si nd alien annie eas 45 V alidatine th DOCUMENT rte eme Mende 49 Adding Elements and AttriDUtES Nan nue Anar nu 53 Editing in Database lable View sn ee 55 Modifin s ne SCHEIN SSSR SN ad du 59 XSLT Transformations 61 ASSIS an ASE LING Ste denis era en een ec 62 Transtonmine the AME File iens Re do 63 MO VINS ME ASE BNC aari ea E isan asia eases 64 Project Management 66 Ben ntsS OL PLOPCCIS neo 67 PUTCO a PIO CCU due dette si ii nie ci ados 68 Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 8 That s It 70 Index 71 Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial XMLSpy Tutorial 1 XMLSpy Tutorial This tutorial provides an overview of XML and takes you through a number of key XML tasks In the process you will learn how to use some of XMLSpy s most powerful features The tutorial is divided into the following parts e Creating an XML Schema You will learn how to create an XML Schema in XMLSpy s intuitive Schema View how to create complex content models using drag and drop mechanisms and how to configure Schema View e Using Schema View features to create complex and simple types global element references and attribute enumerations e Learning how to navigate schemas in Schema View and how to generate documentation of schemas e Creating an XML document You will learn how to assign a schema for an XML document edit an XML document in Grid View and Tex
54. nsformation we use XSLT 1 0 stylesheets The Altova XSLT 1 0 Engine will automatically be selected for transformations with these stylesheets when the XSL Transformation command is invoked 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 62 XMLSpy Tutorial XSLT Transformations 6 1 Assigning an XSLT File To assign an XSLT file to the CompanyLast xml file 1 2 3 Click the CompanyLast xml tab in the main window so that CompanyLast xml becomes the active document and switch to Text View Select the menu command XSL XQuery Assign XSL Click the Browse button and select the Company xs1 file from the Tutorial folder In the dialog you can activate the option Make Path Relative to CompanyLast xml if you wish to make the path to the XSL file in the XML document relative 4 Click OK to assign the XSL file to the XML document Switch to Grid View to see the assignment screenshot below edited with AML Spy v4 0 U hip ava mess com by alex pilz Caltova xml stesheet types texticsl href C Program Files Vattova xh i Spy SUteExamplestTutoral ompans xsl xmins hit iny company conmnamespace minsa http nn ys org 24001 JAMIL Schema Sirs itty iny Ccompany comnamespace AddressLast xsd Address xsistype U gt S Address An XML stylesheet processing instruction is inserted in the XML document that references the XSL file If you activated the Make Path Relative to CompanyLast xml check box then
55. o the end of the line using the End key if you like and press the space bar This opens a dropdown list this time containing a list of attributes allowed at that point Also in the Attributes Entry Helper the available attributes are listed in red The Manager attribute is grayed out because it has already been used siAddress gt lt Person Manager true lt Llompany Attributes Degree Programmer xsitype Manager Select Degree with the Down arrow key and press Enter This opens another list box from which you can select one of the predefined enumerations BA MA or PhD siAddress lt Person Manager true Degr e lt lompany gt Select BA with the Down arrow key and confirm with Enter Then move the cursor to the end of the line with the End key and press the space bar Manager and Degree are now grayed out in the Attributes Entry Helper lt S ddress gt Person Manager true Degree BA lt Companys Programmer a siAddresss lt Person Manager true Degree B 4 Programmer f lt flompany gt f Enter the letter and press Enter Move the cursor to the end of the line with the End key and enter the greater than angular bracket gt XMLSpy automatically inserts all the required child elements of Person Note that the optional Title element is not inserted Each element has start and end tags but no content 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 48 XMLSpy T
56. omponent list and the Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 21 cursor is set for you to enter the component name 4 Enter uS Address and confirm with Enter If you forget to enter the hyphen character and enter a space the element name will appear in red signalling an invalid character ann Root element 5 element anni E Company Elcomplex Type 0 AddressType cl US Address xs anyType A Simple Ty pe 5 Click the Content Model View icon of US Address to see the content model of the new complex type The content model is empty see screenshot below 6 Inthe Details entry helper click the base combo box and select the AddressType entry Components element EJ Company El complex Type 7c AddressType US Address a xs anyType 4 Globals US Address Details name base mised abstract US Address block sany SimpleT ype final szany Type id 5 any Fil The Content Model View now displays the AddressType content model as the content model of US Address screenshot below 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 22 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced Components element E Company Elcomplex Type 7c AddressType 4 US Address 0 xs anyType US Address City z dernvedEy extension mised abstract block final 7 Now we can extend the content model of the US Address complex type to take
57. onents of the schema 4 Click the expand icons for the element and complexType entries in the Components entry helper to see the respective schema constructs The Schema Overview now displays two global components the Company element and the complex type AddressType The Components Entry Helper also displays the AddressType complex type 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 20 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced es element 5 element E Company ElcomplexT ype AddressType ft xs amyType simple Type 5 Click on the Content Model View icon of AddressType to see its content model screenshot below Notice the shape of the complex type container type xs string type sa string string 6 Click the Display All Globals icon to return to the Schema Overview Extending a complex type definition We now want to use the global AddressType component to create two kinds of country specific addresses For this purpose we will define a new complex type based on the basic AddressType component and then extend that definition Do this as follows 1 Switch to Schema Overview If you are in Content Model View click the Display All Globals icon El 2 Click the Append icon at the top left of the component window The following menu opens Import ann Root element Include Redefine Element Group SimpleType ComplexType 3 Select ComplexType from the menu A new line appears in the c
58. ple type can be used in a content model to define the type of a component We will use US State to define an element called State in the content model of US Address Do the following In Schema Overview click the Component Model View icon of US Address Right click the lower sequence compositor and select Add Child Element Enter State for the element name Press the Tab key to place the cursor in the value field of the type descriptor line From the drop down menu of this combo box select US State a oN Ss Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 25 dci Zip xs postivelnteger LIS State U Address Attributes Identity constraints US State SE Oem type xecany Type The State element is now based on the US State simple type Creating a second complex type based on AddressType We will now create a global complex type to hold UK addresses The complex type is based on AddressType and is extended to match the UK address format Do the following 1 In Schema Overview create a global complex type called UK Address and base it on AddressType base AddressType 2 Inthe Content Model View of UK Address add a Postcode element and give it a type of xs string Your UK Address content model should look like this 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 26 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced name Postcode isHet E minOcc mas c
59. py2011 Examples Tutorial folder of your XMLSpy application folder 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 18 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 3 XML Schemas Advanced Now that you have created a basic schema we can move forward to a few advanced aspects of schema development Objective In this section you will learn how to e Work with complex types and simple types which can then be used as the types of schema elements e Create global elements and reference them from other elements e Create attributes and their properties including enumerated values You will start this section with the basic AddressFirst xsd schema you Created in the first part of this tutorial Commands used in this section In this section of the tutorial you will use Schema View exclusively The following commands are used Display Diagram or Display Content Model View This icon is located to the left of all global components in Schema Overview Clicking the icon causes the content model of the associated global component to be displayed Display All Globals This icon is located at the top left hand corner of the Content Model View Clicking the icon switches the view to Schema Overview which displays all global components Append The Append icon is located at the top left hand corner of the Schema Overview Clicking the icon enables you to add a global component Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH
60. ring the view 13 creating a basic schema 3 creating a new file 4 defining namespaces in 7 modifying while editing XML document 59 navigation in design view 33 tutorial 3 XML schema definitions advanced 18 xsi type usage 42 XSL transformation see XSLT 61 XSLT modifying in XMLSpy 64 XSLT transformation 2011 Altova GmbH Index 73 XSLT transformation assigning XSLT file 62 in XMLSpy 63 tutorial 61 2011 Altova GmbH
61. s been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document Published 2011 2011 Altova GmbH Table of Contents 2 1 22 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 3 1 3 2 3 3 4 1 4 2 5 1 a2 D 5 4 5 5 5 6 37 5 8 6 1 6 2 6 3 7 1 42 XMLSpy Interface 2 XML Schemas Basics 3 Caine a New XIMi Schema Else 4 Pennine NASA Man rene tete Nate 7 Detmine a Content MORE erna eee 8 Adding Elements with Drag and Drop cccccccccccccseseeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 12 Configuring the Content Model View inner nd teente 13 Completing the Basic Schema a 15 XML Schemas Advanced 18 Working with Complex Types and Simple Types cccccccccccsscccceeeeeeeeeeeeees 19 Referencing Global Elements serorei ari aE ARCER RERE 27 Attributes and Attribute Enumeration ccccccccccccccccceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 29 XML Schemas XMLSpy Features 32 Schema NAVI At ON RP 33 Schema Documental oc dcte s decd en Re a Rd den nd ne 35 XML Documents 39 Cerino a New ME FIE araser nn EA OIER 40 Specifyine the Type of am Element eri
62. son gt lt xs sequence gt lt xs complexType gt lt xs element gt Simple type elements on the other hand contain only text and have no attributes Text can be strings dates numbers etc We want the Name child of Address to contain only text It is a simple type the text content of which we want to restrict to a string We can do this using the XML Schema data type xs string To define the Name element to be of this datatype 1 Click the Schema tab to return to Schema View 2 Click the Name element to select it 3 Inthe Details Entry Helper from the dropdown menu of the type combo box select the xs string entry name Hame isHet L mn ce e z a 0cc Comment describing your Person Icke rook element g type content default ss positivelnte fired sz OA ame nillable LH short block f Cl r Note that both minOcc and maxocc have a value of 1 showing that this element occurs only once The text representation of the Name element is as follows lt xs element name Name type xs string gt Please note A simple type element can have any one of several XML Schema data types In all these cases the icon indicating text content appears in the element box 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 12 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Basics 2 4 Adding Elements with Drag and Drop You have added elements using the context menu that appears when you right click an elem
63. t View and validate XML documents using XMLSpy s built in validator e Transforming an XML file using an XSLT stylesheet This involves assigning an XSLT file and carrying out the transformation using XMLSpy s built in XSLT engines e Working with XMLSpy projects which enable you to easily organize your XML documents Installation and configuration This tutorial assumes that you have successfully installed XMLSpy on your computer and received a free evaluation key code or are a registered user The evaluation version of XMLSpy is fully functional but limited to a 30 day period You can request a regular license from our secure web server or through any one of our resellers Tutorial example files The tutorial files are available in the application folder C Documents and Settings lt username gt My Documents Altova XMLSpy2011 Examples Tutorial The Examples folder contains various XML files for you to experiment with while the Tutorial folder contains all the files used in this tutorial The Template folder in the application folder typically in c Program Files Altova contains all the XML template files that are used whenever you select the menu option File New These files supply the necessary data namespaces and XML declarations for you to start working with the respective XML document immediately 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2 XMLSpy Tutorial XMLSpy Interface 1 XMLSpy Interface The XMLSpy
64. t that references a global element you can go directly to the content model of that global element or to any of its contained components by holding down Ctrl and double clicking the required element For example while viewing the Company content model holding down Ctrl while double clicking Last opens the Person content model and highlights the Last element in it 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 34 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas XMLSpy Features Root element Person J tel 7 1 00 When the Last element is highlighted all its properties are immediately displayed in the relevant entry helpers and information window Going to the definition of a complex type Complex types are often used as the type of some element within a content model To go directly to the definition of a complex type from within a content model double click the name of the complex type in the yellow box see mouse pointer in screenshot below Address bia EH type Address Type type xs string type xs string Please note Just as with referenced global elements you can go directly to an element within the complex type definition by holding down Ctrl and double clicking the required element in the content model that contains the complex type Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas
65. than the generic address type You will recall that in the AddressLast xsd schema we created global complex types for US Address and UK Address by extending the AddressType complex type The content model of US Address is shown below US Address State type US State In the XML document in order to specify that the Address element must conform to one of the extended Address types US Address Or UK Address rather than the generic AddressType we must specify the required extended complex type as an attribute of the Address element Do the following 1 In the XML document right click the Name element and select Insert Attribute from the context menu Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 43 Attribute Ctrl Shifk 1 2 Element CtrH Shift E An attribute field is added to the Address element 2 Ensure that xsi type is entered as the name of the attribute screenshot below 3 Press Tab to move into the next value field Company 1mins mins schema Address httg fm company comnamespace http ey ses ora 00 AML chema insta httg Ay Company comnamespace AddressLast xsd Hame Street City Person Manager 4 Enter uS Address as the value of the attribute Please note The xsi prefix allows you to use special XML Schema related commands in your XML document instance Notice that the the namespace for the xsi prefix was a
66. ts M Local Attributes M Redefines Used by M Annotations M Local Elements M Referenced schemas Properties M Source code w Single Facets Check All Uncheck all Check All Uncheck all non 2 Forthe Output Format option select HTML and click OK 3 Inthe Save As dialog select the location where the file is to be saved and give the file a suitable name say AddressLast html Then click the Save button The HTML document appears in the Browser View of XMLSpy Click on a link to go to the corresponding linked component 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 36 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas XMLSpy Features schema AddressLast xsd schema location C Frogram Files Altova AMLopy7010 Examples Tutorial AddressLast xsd attribute form unqualified default element form qualified default targetNamespace http my company com namespace Elements Complex types Simple types Company Address Type US dState Person UK Address US Address element Gompany diagram Company 2 type Foot element namespace http my company com namespace properties content complex children Address Person annotation documentation Root element source xee le ment name Company gt xs annotation lt ks documentation Root element lt xs documentation gt lt fxeannotation axeicomplex Type gt xE SB QUENCES lt kselement name Address type AddressType gt lt xsielement ref
67. tself If you change the content model of an element that references a global element then the content model of the global element will also be changed and with it the content model of all other elements that reference that global element Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Schemas Advanced 29 3 3 Attributes and Attribute Enumerations In this section you will learn how to create attributes and enumerations for attributes Defining element attributes 1 Inthe Schema Overview click the Person element to make it active 2 Click the Append icon in the top left of the Attributes Identity Constraints tab group in the lower part of the Schema Overview window and select the Attribute entry ann Root element complexType AddressType ann scomplex ype US Address ann simple Type US State ann Sun lt Tlype UK Address ann MENT Person lann Attributes constraints Attribute Default a Attribute Group Any Attribute 3 Enter Manager as the attribute name in the Name field 4 Use the Type combo box to select xs boolean 5 Use the Use combo box to select required Company ann Root l ment eocomplexl ype AddressType ann avcomplex ype US Address ann simple Type US State ann comple Type UK Address ann m element ann Name Type Default Fined Manager book wllrequred Programme 5 boole l optional 6 Use the same procedure to create a Progr
68. utomatically added to the document element when you assigned a schema to your XML file In the above case you have specified a type for the Address element See the XML Schema specification for more information 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 44 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 5 3 Entering Data in Grid View You can now enter data into your XML document Do the following 1 Double click in the Name value field or use the arrow keys and enter US dependency Confirm with Enter Company Hmins mins schema Address httg ny Company comnamespace httg Sey ses org 200T A MLochema insta http Jiny company comnamespace AddressLast xed xsi hype US Address 4 Street City Person blanager 2 Use the same method to enter a Street and City name for example Noble Ave and Dallas 3 Click the Person element and press Delete to delete the Person element We will add it back in the next section of the tutorial After you do this the entire Address element is highlighted 4 Click on any child element of the Address element to deselect all the child elements of Address except the selected element Your XML document should look like this AIME Company mins xmins xs xs schema Address http fm compan comnamespace http frs ws org 200 MLSchema insta httg ny CoMpans commnamespace AddressLast xsd itype LIS Address Hame US dependency i
69. utorial XML Documents lt lt version 0 encoding LITF 3 7 sLompany xmins hith Mny company comnamespace ymis xsi htp Sees es org 200 A MLoEchema instance xetechemaLocation hite siny company comnamespace AddressLast xsq gt lt ddress xsitype US Address Name US dependency Mame gt lt Street Noble 4ves Street Lity Dallas lity s Address gt lt Person Manager true Degree BA4 Programmer false gt lt First lt First lt Last lt Last lt PhoneEst lt PhoneExt lt Email Email lompany You could now enter the Person data in Text View but let s move to Grid View to see the flexibility of moving between views when editing a document Switching to Grid View To switch to Grid View select the menu item View Grid View or click the Grid tab The newly added child elements of Person are highlighted AMIE Company xmins httg Minty company com namespace XMS xsF tte nn ss orgi 001 ML Scheme xsschema http Ainy company comnamespace AddressLast xsd Address xsitype US Address Person Manager Degree Programmer Now let us validate the document and correct any errors that the validation finds Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 2011 Altova GmbH XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 49 9 5 Validating the Document XMLSpy provides two evaluations of the XML document e well formedness check e validation check If either of these checks fails w
70. y is available in the Database Table View of Grid View e Sort XML elements using the sort functionality of Database Table View Validate the XML document e Modify the schema to allow for three digit phone extensions Commands used in this section In this section of the tutorial you will mostly use the Grid View and Text View and in one section Schema View The following commands are used File New Creates a new type of XML file View Text View Switches to Text View View Grid View Switches to Enhanced Grid View E es 0 XML Table Display as Table Displays multiple occurrences of a single element type at a single hierarchic level as a table This view of the element is called the Database Table View or simply Table View The icon is used to switch between the Table View and regular Grid View F7 Checks for well formedness F8 Validates the XML document against the associated DTD or Schema Le E Opens the associated DTD or XML Schema file 2011 Altova GmbH Altova XMLSpy 2011 Tutorial 40 XMLSpy Tutorial XML Documents 9 1 Creating a New XML File When you create a new XML file in XMLSpy you are given the option of basing it on a schema DTD or XML Schema or not In this section you will create a new file that is based on the AddressLast xsd Schema you created earlier in the tutorial To create the new XML file Select the menu option File New The Create new document d

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