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What is a good XML visualization tool? In a more document friendly way. XML spy had a grid view but that wasn't decent enough to paste in a design document

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I've used several products. The ones that I can recommend are:

SchemaAgent (http://www.altova.com/schemaagent.html)

From their feature list:

  • Connect to any file repository to analyze file relationships
  • Visualize files as graphical components
  • Immediately identify linked, referenced & related files
  • Analyze file relationships based on color coded lines
  • View details of displayed files (IIRs, global elements, namespaces, etc.)
  • Drag & drop to manage IIR relationships between XSD, XSLT & WSDL files
  • Automatically insert & save required IIR code in impacted files
  • Build complex XSD, XSLT & WSDL files from smaller components
  • Re-use standardized components in a modular development approach
  • Access SchemaAgent schema components in XMLSpy schema editor
  • Save & print graphical designs to document your XML information architecture
  • Understand file dependencies & the impact of every change

and

XPathVisualiser (http://www.xml.com/pub/p/275)

  • Disadvantage (at least in my eyes): requires MSXML3 and IE
Chris
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XMLMax, especially if the xml is large.

very fast, color-coded treeview

xpath query with results in treeview

http://www.xponentsoftware.com

bill seacham