Schema Design View

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Schema Design View

This command switches the current document into Schema Design view.

XML Spy Schema editor allows you to view and edit schemas in two different ways:

As a Schema overview, in list form

In a graphical view of specific schema components

Schema overview
Open a XSD document in the DTD/Schemas folder of the project window, or double click on an XSD document in Explorer. The main window then displays the Schema overview.

The top window displays all Global "components" (elements, complex types etc.) in list form. The bottom window displays the corresponding attributes of the currently selected component (eg. VIP Mgr. Prg etc.).

Schema overview:
tut_schema_glob

To see graphical representation (Content model) of a component:

Click on the

icon next to the component you want to display, or

Select the menu option Schema design | Display Diagram, or

Double click on a component name in the "Component Navigator" (Top right entry helper).

The content model for that component, appears in a tree view.

Graphical content model view
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