Validation

Tools for validating XML files

XML Schema Validation

DTD Validation

Schematron Validation

Background

In the Validation feature you may check XML files against

• Schemata,
• DTDs or
• Schematron.

Validation against a Schema

Tab: Single

Validation of single XML files

Here you can see how to validate single XML files against a Schema file.

• Calling up the XML Schema Validation window
  1. Select the XML Schema Validation entry in the Validate menu.

     → The XML Schema Validation window appears.

  2. → The Single tab is selected by default with the first call.

     If this is not the case, please select the Single tab.

  

• Selection of the input document

  As input document you need a XML file whose elements and data shall be validated against a Schema.

  1. Press the   button.

     → The Open dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the input document in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Indication of the Schema file

  You need a Schema file against which the XML file shall be validated.

  1. Press the    button.

     → The Open dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the XSD file in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Starting the validation

  1. Press the   button.

     The result of the validation is shown in the Statistics window in the Log tab.
     If the files are not valid, the line numbers with the error description and possible alternatives are indicated.

 

Tab: Folder

Validation of entire folders

Here you can see how to validate entire folders against a Schema.

• Calling up the Validate window

  1. Select the XML Schema Validation entry in the Validate menu.

     → The XML Schema Validation window appears.

  2. Select the Folder tab.

  
• Selection of the input folder

  As input folder you need a folder whose XML files shall be validated against the Schema.

  1. Press the   button.

     → The Search folder dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the input folder in your file system.

  3. Click OK.

• Indication of the Schema file

  You need a Schema file against which the XML documents shall be validated in the input folder.

  1. Press the    button.

     → The Open file dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the XSD file in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Starting the validation

  1. Press the   button.

     The result of the validation is shown in the Statistics window in the Log tab.

     If the files are not valid, the line numbers with error descriptions and possible alternatives are indicated.

Background

XML Schema is a W3C Recommendation for the definition of structures for XML documents.
antillesXML supports the validation of XML data against the structures defined in the XML Schema files.

W3C: All Standards and Drafts → XML Schema

 

DTD Validation

Validation against a Document Type Definition (DTD)

Tab: Single

Validation of single XML files

Here you can see how to validate single XML files against a Document Type Definition.

• Calling up the Doctype Defintion Validation window

  1. Select the DTD Validation entry in the Validate menu.

     → The Doctype Defintion Validation window appears.

  2. → The Single tab is already selected by default with the first call.

     If this is not the case, please select now the Single tab.

  
• Selection of the input document

  You need a XML file as input document whose elements and data shall be validated against a Document Type Defintion.

  1. Press the   button.

     → The Open file dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to your input document in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Indication of the DTD file

  You need a DTD file against which the XML file shall be validated.

  1. Press the    button.

     → The Open file dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the DTD file in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Starting the validation

  1. Press the   button.

     The result of the validation is shown in the Statistics window in the Log tab.
     If the files are not valid, the line numbers with the error description and possible alternatives are indicated.

 

Tab: Folder

Validation of entire folders

Here you can see how to validate entire folders against a Document Type Definition.

• Calling up the Validate window

  1. Select the DTD Validation entry in the Validate menu.

     → The Doctype Defintion Validation window appears.

  2. Select the Folder tab.

  
• Selection of the input folder

  As input folder you need a folder whose XML files shall be validated against a Document Type Defintion.

  1. Press the   button.

     → The Search folder dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the input folder in your file system.

  3. Click OK.

• Indication of the DTD file

  You need a DTD file against which the XML documents in the input folder shall be validated.

  1. Press the    button.

     → The Open dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the DTD file in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Starting the validation

  1. Press the   button.

     The result of the validation is shown in the Statistics window in the Log tab.
     If the files are not valid, the line numbers with the error descriptions and possible alternatives are indicated.

Background

A Document Type Definition (DTD) is a file used to define structures in XML documents.
antillesXML supports the validation of XML data against the structures defined in the DTD.

Syntax and semantics of a DTD are part of the XML specification - however, the syntax itself is no XML.

W3C: All Standards and Drafts → XML Schema

Validation against a Schematron schema

Tab: Single

Validation of single XML files

Here you can see how to validate single XML files against a Schematron file.

• Calling up the Schematron Validation window

  1. Select the Schematron Validation entry in the Validate menu.

     → The Schematron Validation window appears.

  2. → The Single tab is already selected by default with the first call.

     If this is not the case, please select the Single tab.

  

• Selection of the input document

  As input document you need a XML file whose elements and data shall be validated against a Schematron schema.

  1. Press the   button.

     → The Open dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the input document in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Indication of the Schematron file

  You need a Schematron file against which the XML file shall be validated.

  1. Press the    button.

     → The Open dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the Schematron file in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Starting the validation

  1. Press the   button.

     The result of the validation is shown in the Statistics window in the Log tab.
     If the files are not valid, the appropriate context nodes are indicated in the XPath syntax and the related error message is generated.
     The multi-stage transformation process of the Schematron file and its contained patterns is shown in the Statistics window in the Log tab.

Tab: Folder

Validation of entire folders

Here you can see how to validate entire folders against a Schematron.

• Calling up the Validate window

  1. Select the Schematron Validation entry in the Validate menu.

     → The Schematron Validation window appears.

  2. Select the Folder tab.

  

• Selection of the input folder

  As input folder you need a folder whose XML files shall be validated against the Schematron.

  1. Press the   button.

     → The Search folder dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the input folder in your file system.

  3. Click OK.

• Indication of the Schematron file

  You need a Schematron file against which the XML documents in the input folder shall be validated.

  1. Press the    button.

     → The Open dialogue appears.

  2. Choose the path to the Schematron file in your file system.

  3. Click Open.

• Starting the validation

  Press the   button.

  The result of the validation is shown in the Statistics window in the Log tab.
  If the files are not valid, the appropriate context nodes are indicated in the XPath syntax and the related error message is generated.
  The multi-stage transformation process of the Schematron file and its contained patterns is shown in the Statistics window in the Log tab.

 

Background

Schematron is a language for the coherence check of XML files.

Schematron validates rule-based and can be used alone or combined with other grammar-based structure languages like XML Schema or RELAX NG.
Schematron is part of the Document Schema Defintion Languages (DSDL) and thus a ISO Standard.

data2type: XML technologies → Schematron → Schematron introduction

data2type: XML technologies → Schematron → Schematron reference

Schematron: Resources