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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Creating XML schemas</h1> |
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| <div><p>You can create an XML schema and then edit it using the XML schema |
| editor. Using the XML schema editor, you can specify element names that indicates |
| which elements are allowed in an XML file, and in which combinations.</p> |
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| <div class="section">To create an XML schema, complete the following steps:</div> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Create a project to contain the XML schema.</span></li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>In the workbench, click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">File > New > Other</span> |
| </span> and select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">XML > XML Schema</span> |
| </span>. Click <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the project or folder that will contain the XML schema. |
| In the </span> <span class="uicontrol">File name</span> field, type the name of |
| the XML schema, for example <kbd class="userinput">MyXMLSchema.xsd</kbd>. The name |
| of your XML schema must end in <tt class="sysout">.xsd</tt>.</li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span>.</span></li> |
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| <div class="section">The XML schema opens in the XML schema editor. </div> |
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| <div><a href="../topics/cxmlsced.html" title="This product provides an XML schema editor for creating, viewing, and validating XML schemas. XML schemas are a formal specification of element names that indicates which elements are allowed in an XML file, and in which combinations.">XML schema editor</a></div> |
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| <div><a href="../topics/tedtschm.html" title="After you create an XML schema, you can edit its various properties, such as its namespace and prefix.">Editing XML schema properties</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../topics/tvdtschm.html" title="Validating an XML schema determines whether the current state of the XML schema file is semantically valid. Any errors will be displayed in the Problems view.">Validating XML schemas</a></div> |
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