Any tools to generate an XSD schema from an XML instance document

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I am looking for a tool which will take an XML instance document and output a corresponding XSD schema   I certainly recognize that the generated XSD schema will be limited when compared to creating a schema by hand  it probably won t handle optional or repeating elements  or data constraints   but it could at least serve as a quick starting point

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This is an old thread but I thought it could be useful to post this link  just found this tool  xsd-gen Generate XML Schema from XML  and it just did what I needed

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Altova XmlSpy does this well - you can find an overview here

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Altova XmlSpy does this well - you can find an overview here

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the Microsoft XSD inference tool is a good  free solution  Many XML editing tools  such as XmlSpy  mentioned by  Garth Gilmour  or OxygenXML Editor also have that feature  They re rather expensive  though  BizTalk Server also has an XSD inferring tool as well   edit  I just discovered the  net XmlSchemaInference class  so if you re using  net you should consider that

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if you are working in the java world - intelliJ idea has also extensive xml support  including xsd generation and samle xml from xsd generation  and with plugins you can get  xslt debuggers  - especially nice if you plan to use tools such as jaxb afterwards

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the Microsoft XSD inference tool is a good  free solution  Many XML editing tools  such as XmlSpy  mentioned by  Garth Gilmour  or OxygenXML Editor also have that feature  They re rather expensive  though  BizTalk Server also has an XSD inferring tool as well   edit  I just discovered the  net XmlSchemaInference class  so if you re using  net you should consider that

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If you have  Net installed  a tool to generate XSD schemas and classes is already included by default  For me  the XSD tool is installed under the following structure  This may differ depending on your installation directory   C  Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio 8 VC gt xsd Microsoft  R  Xml Schemas DataTypes support utility  Microsoft  R   NET Framework  Version 2 0 50727 42  Copyright  C  Microsoft Corporation  All rights reserved   xsd exe -    Utility to generate schema or class files from given source   xsd exe  lt schema gt  xsd  classes dataset   e     l     n     o     s    uri   xsd exe  lt assembly gt  dll  exe   outputdir     type         xsd exe  lt instance gt  xml   outputdir   xsd exe  lt schema gt  xdr   outputdir     Normally the classes and schemas that this tool generates work rather well  especially if you re going to be consuming them in a  Net language  I typically take the XML document that I m after  push it through the XSD tool with the  o  lt your path gt  flag to generate a schema  xsd  and then push the xsd file back through the tool using the  classes  L VB  or CS   o  lt your path gt  flags to get classes that I can import and use in my day to day  Net projects

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Altova XmlSpy does this well - you can find an overview here

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Trang is the best option here  Open source and cross platform  although Java is required  From the Trang Website   Trang converts between different schema languages for XML  It supports the following languages  RELAX NG  XML syntax  RELAX NG compact syntax XML 1 0 DTDs W3C XML Schema  A schema written in any of the supported schema languages can be converted into any of the other supported schema languages  except that W3C XML Schema is supported for output only  not for input  Trang can also infer a schema from one or more example XML documents   Download Link

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If all you want is XSD  LiquidXML has a free version that does XSDs  and its got a GUI to it so you can tweak the XSD if you like  Anyways nowadays I write my own XSDs by hand  but its all thanks to this app   http   www liquid-technologies com

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If all you want is XSD  LiquidXML has a free version that does XSDs  and its got a GUI to it so you can tweak the XSD if you like  Anyways nowadays I write my own XSDs by hand  but its all thanks to this app   http   www liquid-technologies com

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In VS2010 if you load an XML file into the editor  click the XML menu    Create Schema

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If you have  Net installed  a tool to generate XSD schemas and classes is already included by default  For me  the XSD tool is installed under the following structure  This may differ depending on your installation directory   C  Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio 8 VC gt xsd Microsoft  R  Xml Schemas DataTypes support utility  Microsoft  R   NET Framework  Version 2 0 50727 42  Copyright  C  Microsoft Corporation  All rights reserved   xsd exe -    Utility to generate schema or class files from given source   xsd exe  lt schema gt  xsd  classes dataset   e     l     n     o     s    uri   xsd exe  lt assembly gt  dll  exe   outputdir     type         xsd exe  lt instance gt  xml   outputdir   xsd exe  lt schema gt  xdr   outputdir     Normally the classes and schemas that this tool generates work rather well  especially if you re going to be consuming them in a  Net language  I typically take the XML document that I m after  push it through the XSD tool with the  o  lt your path gt  flag to generate a schema  xsd  and then push the xsd file back through the tool using the  classes  L VB  or CS   o  lt your path gt  flags to get classes that I can import and use in my day to day  Net projects

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If all you want is XSD  LiquidXML has a free version that does XSDs  and its got a GUI to it so you can tweak the XSD if you like  Anyways nowadays I write my own XSDs by hand  but its all thanks to this app   http   www liquid-technologies com

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You can use an open source and cross-platform option  inst2xsd from Apache s XMLBeans  I find it very useful and easy   Just download  unzip and play  it requires Java

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Altova XmlSpy does this well - you can find an overview here

User · Answer

the Microsoft XSD inference tool is a good  free solution  Many XML editing tools  such as XmlSpy  mentioned by  Garth Gilmour  or OxygenXML Editor also have that feature  They re rather expensive  though  BizTalk Server also has an XSD inferring tool as well   edit  I just discovered the  net XmlSchemaInference class  so if you re using  net you should consider that

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There also is XML schema learner which is available on Github   It can take multiple xml files and extract a common XSD from all of those files

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This is an old thread but I thought it could be useful to post this link  just found this tool  xsd-gen Generate XML Schema from XML  and it just did what I needed

User · Answer

In VS2010 if you load an XML file into the editor  click the XML menu    Create Schema

User · Answer

if you are working in the java world - intelliJ idea has also extensive xml support  including xsd generation and samle xml from xsd generation  and with plugins you can get  xslt debuggers  - especially nice if you plan to use tools such as jaxb afterwards

User · Answer

You can use an open source and cross-platform option  inst2xsd from Apache s XMLBeans  I find it very useful and easy   Just download  unzip and play  it requires Java

User · Answer

the Microsoft XSD inference tool is a good  free solution  Many XML editing tools  such as XmlSpy  mentioned by  Garth Gilmour  or OxygenXML Editor also have that feature  They re rather expensive  though  BizTalk Server also has an XSD inferring tool as well   edit  I just discovered the  net XmlSchemaInference class  so if you re using  net you should consider that

User · Answer

You can use an open source and cross-platform option  inst2xsd from Apache s XMLBeans  I find it very useful and easy   Just download  unzip and play  it requires Java

User · Answer

There also is XML schema learner which is available on Github   It can take multiple xml files and extract a common XSD from all of those files

User · Answer

You can use an open source and cross-platform option  inst2xsd from Apache s XMLBeans  I find it very useful and easy   Just download  unzip and play  it requires Java

User · Answer

Trang is the best option here  Open source and cross platform  although Java is required  From the Trang Website   Trang converts between different schema languages for XML  It supports the following languages  RELAX NG  XML syntax  RELAX NG compact syntax XML 1 0 DTDs W3C XML Schema  A schema written in any of the supported schema languages can be converted into any of the other supported schema languages  except that W3C XML Schema is supported for output only  not for input  Trang can also infer a schema from one or more example XML documents   Download Link

User · Answer

If you have  Net installed  a tool to generate XSD schemas and classes is already included by default  For me  the XSD tool is installed under the following structure  This may differ depending on your installation directory   C  Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio 8 VC gt xsd Microsoft  R  Xml Schemas DataTypes support utility  Microsoft  R   NET Framework  Version 2 0 50727 42  Copyright  C  Microsoft Corporation  All rights reserved   xsd exe -    Utility to generate schema or class files from given source   xsd exe  lt schema gt  xsd  classes dataset   e     l     n     o     s    uri   xsd exe  lt assembly gt  dll  exe   outputdir     type         xsd exe  lt instance gt  xml   outputdir   xsd exe  lt schema gt  xdr   outputdir     Normally the classes and schemas that this tool generates work rather well  especially if you re going to be consuming them in a  Net language  I typically take the XML document that I m after  push it through the XSD tool with the  o  lt your path gt  flag to generate a schema  xsd  and then push the xsd file back through the tool using the  classes  L VB  or CS   o  lt your path gt  flags to get classes that I can import and use in my day to day  Net projects

User · Answer

If all you want is XSD  LiquidXML has a free version that does XSDs  and its got a GUI to it so you can tweak the XSD if you like  Anyways nowadays I write my own XSDs by hand  but its all thanks to this app   http   www liquid-technologies com

User · Answer

if you are working in the java world - intelliJ idea has also extensive xml support  including xsd generation and samle xml from xsd generation  and with plugins you can get  xslt debuggers  - especially nice if you plan to use tools such as jaxb afterwards

User · Answer

If you have  Net installed  a tool to generate XSD schemas and classes is already included by default  For me  the XSD tool is installed under the following structure  This may differ depending on your installation directory   C  Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio 8 VC gt xsd Microsoft  R  Xml Schemas DataTypes support utility  Microsoft  R   NET Framework  Version 2 0 50727 42  Copyright  C  Microsoft Corporation  All rights reserved   xsd exe -    Utility to generate schema or class files from given source   xsd exe  lt schema gt  xsd  classes dataset   e     l     n     o     s    uri   xsd exe  lt assembly gt  dll  exe   outputdir     type         xsd exe  lt instance gt  xml   outputdir   xsd exe  lt schema gt  xdr   outputdir     Normally the classes and schemas that this tool generates work rather well  especially if you re going to be consuming them in a  Net language  I typically take the XML document that I m after  push it through the XSD tool with the  o  lt your path gt  flag to generate a schema  xsd  and then push the xsd file back through the tool using the  classes  L VB  or CS   o  lt your path gt  flags to get classes that I can import and use in my day to day  Net projects

User · Answer

if you are working in the java world - intelliJ idea has also extensive xml support  including xsd generation and samle xml from xsd generation  and with plugins you can get  xslt debuggers  - especially nice if you plan to use tools such as jaxb afterwards

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