Source View
Schema View
Design View
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The Source view provides a raw XML syntax highlighting editor which provides
code completion tips, allowing complete control over the contents of the XSD file.
The Schema view provides column-based editing facilities for all the different
entities within the XSD file. Finally, the Design view provides a powerful GUI with
drag and drop facilities for creating and editing XSD files. When changes are made to
an XSD file in any of these views, they are automatically represented within the other
views, so for example, creating a new complex type within the Design View will
automatically update the XML displayed within the Source View.
Let's take each of these views in turn and discuss the features of each.
Source View
The Source view provides the standard XML editing facilities giving a syntax
highlighted editor.
XML Schema Designer
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Schema View
The Schema view provides a column-based view of the XSD file currently being
edited. The principle behind the column-based view is to allow individual categories
to be drilled down into sub categories by clicking on an entry within a column.
Clicking on an entry in a column causes the column to the right to display either all
the objects of that type, or in that type.
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