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 <p>As the title says, data in XML-Format will be the model. And as a
     model has to be valid according to a meta model, the XML files must be
     valid according to the XSD.</p>
 <p>In case you are not going to use an existing XML file, you can
     create a new one like described below. These steps require the Eclipse Web
     Tools Platform (WTP) to be installed.</p>
 <p>In Eclipse, click on <span class="emphasis">
 <em>"File", "New", "Other..."</em>
 </span>
     and choose <span class="emphasis">
 <em>"XML"</em>
 </span> from category
     <span class="emphasis">
 <em>"XML"</em>
 </span>. After specifying a filename within folder
     "src" choose <span class="emphasis">
 <em>"create XML file from an XML Schema"</em>
 </span> and
     select you XML Schema Definition file. Telling Eclipse which schema to use
     has three advantages: Eclipse validates XML files, there is meta model
     aware code completion while editing and Eclipse creates a
     <span class="property">xsi:schemaLocation</span>-attribute which tells anyone who
     reads the XML file where the schema file is located. This tutorial does
     not use the <span class="property">xsi:schemaLocation</span>-attribute and
     introduces the schema file in the MWE workflow instead. For all possible
     ways see <a class="xref" href="xsd_reference_declare_xsd.html" title="How to declare XML Schemas">the section called “How to declare XML Schemas”</a> . It is important
     that the XML file is located somewhere within the project's
     classpath.</p>
 <pre class="programlisting">&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
 &lt;wizard xmlns="http://www.example.org/wizard"&gt;
   &lt;startpage&gt;start&lt;/startpage&gt;
   &lt;name&gt;My Example Setup&lt;/name&gt;
   &lt;welcometext&gt;Welcome to this little demo application.&lt;/welcometext&gt;
   &lt;choicepage id="start"&gt;
     &lt;title&gt;Wizard Page One&lt;/title&gt;
   &lt;/choicepage&gt;
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	<h1 xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0">Step 3: Create a Model using XML</h1>
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	<a name="xsd_tutorial_model"/>Step 3: Create a Model using XML</h2>
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	</div>
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	<p>As the title says, data in XML-Format will be the model. And as a
	model has to be valid according to a meta model, the XML files must be
	valid according to the XSD.</p>
	<p>In case you are not going to use an existing XML file, you can
	create a new one like described below. These steps require the Eclipse Web
	Tools Platform (WTP) to be installed.</p>
	<p>In Eclipse, click on <span class="emphasis">
	<em>"File", "New", "Other..."</em>
	</span>
	and choose <span class="emphasis">
	<em>"XML"</em>
	</span> from category
	<span class="emphasis">
	<em>"XML"</em>
	</span>. After specifying a filename within folder
	"src" choose <span class="emphasis">
	<em>"create XML file from an XML Schema"</em>
	</span> and
	select you XML Schema Definition file. Telling Eclipse which schema to use
	has three advantages: Eclipse validates XML files, there is meta model
	aware code completion while editing and Eclipse creates a
	<span class="property">xsi:schemaLocation</span>-attribute which tells anyone who
	reads the XML file where the schema file is located. This tutorial does
	not use the <span class="property">xsi:schemaLocation</span>-attribute and
	introduces the schema file in the MWE workflow instead. For all possible
	ways see <a class="xref" href="xsd_reference_declare_xsd.html" title="How to declare XML Schemas">the section called “How to declare XML Schemas”</a> . It is important
	that the XML file is located somewhere within the project's
	classpath.</p>
	<pre class="programlisting"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<wizard xmlns="http://www.example.org/wizard">
	<startpage>start</startpage>
	<name>My Example Setup</name>
	<welcometext>Welcome to this little demo application.</welcometext>
	<choicepage id="start">
	<title>Wizard Page One</title>
	</choicepage>
	</wizard></pre>
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