[wpkg-users] xsd, dtd schema files?

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Jan,

Jan Luehr wrote:
> I'm also new to xsd (to be honest, I've never written a xsd or dtd file), but 
> If you're stucked somehow, feel free to ask.

Thanks for support. After a while of click-and-try as well as reading 
some info at <http://www.w3schools.com/> I think I can manage to do it. 
There are some issues like the package checks. We use the same element 
name and depending on the value of some attributes others are required 
or optional - which is actually quite complex.

Anyway I managed to do it and now I can build up my package definitions 
by mouseclicks in Eclipse. All other XML files will not be that 
difficult I guess. So stay tuned, I need some more time to complete and 
test.

I found that the XSD files could be a nice source for documentation as 
well. By using Eclipse (or any other decent XML editor) 
context-sensitive help and assistance is provided. I put lots of 
comments and hints inside. So the XSD actually documents every element 
and value within the packages.xml now.
I will do the same for all other XML files too.


br,
Rainer