• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
  • What Is an XML Schema?
  • Creating an XML Schema in Stylus Studio
  • Working with XML Schema in Stylus Studio
    • Views in the XML Schema Editor
    • Validating XML Schema
    • Updating XML Schema Associated with a Document
    • Viewing an XML Instance
    • Using XML Schema in XQuery and XSLT Mapper
    • Printing
    • Node Properties
  • Getting Started with XML Schema in the Tree View
  • Defining simpleTypes in XML Schemas
  • Defining complexTypes in XML Schemas
  • Defining Elements and Attributes in XML Schemas
  • Defining Groups of Elements and Attributes in XML Schemas
  • Adding Comments, Annotation, and Documentation Nodes to XML Schemas
  • Defining Notations
  • Referencing External XML Schemas
  • Generating Documentation for XML Schema
  • Generating JAXB Classes
  • About XML Schema Properties
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Accessing Relational Data as XML
• Chapter 13: Building XML Pipelines
• Chapter 14: Publishing XML Data
• Chapter 15: Integrating with Third-Party File Systems
• Chapter 16: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 17: The Stylus Studio Java API
• Chapter 18: Stylus Studio GUI Reference

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Views in the XML Schema Editor

The XML Schema Editor has Diagram, Tree, and Documentation tabs. The Diagram tab, which is the default for the XML Schema Editor, is shown in Figure 267.

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Each tab displays the schema from a unique perspective, as summarized here:

In addition to the diagram pane, the Diagram tab includes a text pane. The text pane displays the raw XML text used to define the XML Schema, and lets you see how the changes you make in the diagram affect the XML Schema text. You can make changes in either pane - to a node in the diagram, or directly to the text - Stylus Studio keeps both views synchronized.

The Diagram tab has a full complement of editing tools, including checkers for well-formedness and validation, as well as a query functionality that lets you evaluate your query using either XPath 1.0 or XPath 2.0. XML Schema query is also supported in the Tree tab. See Printing to learn how to print information in the Diagram tab.

In Stylus Studio, the information in all tabs synchronized automatically.

Generally speaking, if you are just getting started with XML Schema you should consider using the Diagram tab to work with XML Schema in Stylus Studio. Its graphical user interface makes defining XML Schema easy and error-free, and the built-in text pane, which lets you see how new nodes are rendered in XML, can be a useful learning tool.

To get started using the Diagram view to define an XML Schema, see Defining an XML Schema Using the Diagram Tab - Getting Started. Procedures for working with the Diagram tab are also covered throughout this chapter.