Sybase XML Impact Driver User Manual


 
Chapter 4 Generating and reverse engineering an XSD, a DTD or an XDR file
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How to generate an XSD, a DTD or an XDR file?
The type of generated file depends on which XML language the model has
been targeted with:
Model targeted with Generated file
XML Schema Definition 1.0 XSD
Document Type Definition 1.0 DTD
XML-Data Reduced 1.0 XDR
The XML language of an XML model is displayed in the status bar (bottom-
right corner of the screen) and in the model property sheet.
For more information on changing the XML language of an XML
model, see section Changing the XML language of an XML model in chapter
XML Model Basics.
Parameter entities during DTD generation
Parameter entities are references to predefined values within a DTD file
(See Parameter property in entity property sheet).
During DTD generation, some object properties containing inadvertently
parameter values will be generated with parameter references. If you are
not satisfied with this default use of parameter entities, you should clear
the Parameter property before generation.
To generate an XSD, a DTD or an XDR file from an XML model:
1 Select LanguageGenerate XML Schema Definition File.
or
LanguageGenerate Document Type Definition File.
or
LanguageGenerate XML-Data Reduced File.
The Generation dialog box appears.