XSD Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 5.10, by Dr. Herong Yang

Validating XML Documents with Assigned XSD

This section describes a tutorial example on how to validate an XML document with the assigned XML Schema file (XSD) using XMLPad.

When an XML document is assigned with an XML Schema (XSD) file, it is ready to be validated using XMLPad. The XML file, first_html_xsd.xml, created in the previous section an good example of XML documents with XSD assigned. So let's try to validate first_html_xsd.xml with XMLPad:

1. Run XMLPad and click menu File > Open. Select c:\herong\first_html_xsd.xml in the "Open" dialog box. XMLPad displays the XML document in the edit window:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<html xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="file:///C:/xsd/first_html.xsd"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<body>My first HTML document in XML format.</body>
</html>

2. Click menu XML > Validate. XMLPad will validate the current XML document against rules defined in the assigned XSD file. In our case, the validation will pass successfully with a "No errors during validation found" message box.
XMLPad - Validate XML Document

This tells us that our XML document, first_html_xsd.xml, conforms to all rules defined in the XSD document, first_html.xsd. To see some validation errors, follow the tutorial example in the next section.

Last update: 2013.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction to XML Schema

XML Editor and Schema Processor - XMLPad

 Installing WMHelp XMLPad Pro

 Creating and Editing XML Documents

 Creating and Editing XML Schema Documents

 Assigning XML Schema to XML Documents

Validating XML Documents with Assigned XSD

 Validating Non-Conforming XML Documents

 XMLPad Crash When Validating Non-Conforming XML Documents

 Generating XML Schema Diagrams

 Generating XML Schema Documentations

 Java API for XML Processing - JAXP

 JAXP - XML Schema (XSD) Validation

 Xerces2 Java Parser - Java API of XML Parsers

 Using Xerces2 Java API

 XML Schema Language - Basics

 Introduction of XSD Built-in Datatypes

 "string" and Its Derived Datatypes

 "decimal" and Its Derived Datatypes

 "dateTime" and Its Related Datatypes

 Miscellaneous Built-in Datatypes

 Facets, Constraining Facets and Restriction Datatypes

 "simpleType" - Defining Your Own Simple Datatypes

 Complex Element Declaration

 Identity-Constraints: unique, key and keyref

 Assertion as Custom Validation Rules

 XML Schema Location and Namespace in XML Documents

 Overriding Element Types in XML Documents

 Linking Multiple Schema Documents Together

 Glossary

 References

 PDF Printing Version

Validating XML Documents with Assigned XSD - Updated in 2014, by Dr. Herong Yang