Is there a tool which allows easy writing of documentation from an XML schema?

Question

My application uses an XML file of some complexity for configuration. It's not much - about two dozen elements - but still non-trivial.

Currently I'm writing XML schema for it, and was wondering if there was a tool which would generate documentation from this schema? Something human-readable that can be used by a person who has to write the XML file. Definitely with the possibility of including my own comments for each XML element.

Answer 1

Have you checked out XMLSpy or oXygen XML Editors?

They both claim to format XMLSchema in an easy to read format.

Also XML Schema is an XML format, so it should not be hard to write an XSLT tranform to format it for user friendlier display.

Answer 2

You can use Doxygen for that!

Check this page out it has a brief tutorial and review of other tools.

Answer 3

I think, what you need is a XSD Documentation Generator. Try DocFlex or xsddoc from W3C Schema site.