Re: [xml-dev] generate common xml shema from multiple xml instances

From
George Cristian Bina <>
To
Paul Spencer <>
Date
2009-06-18T06:55:17Z
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Re: [xml-dev] generate common xml shema from multiple xml instances
Paul Spencer wrote:
> [...] The complexity of the tool goes up markedly with more than one instance. For example, how would you handle this:
> 
> Instance 1
> <a>
>   <b/>
>   <c/>
> </a>
> 
> Instance 2
> <a>
>   <b/>
>   <d/>
> </a>
> [...]

There is no complexity difference between that and extracting the schema 
from a document that wraps all of them in a root element, in your 
example that will be:

<wrapper>
   <a>
     <b/>
     <c/>
   </a>
   <a>
     <b/>
     <d/>
   </a>
</wrapper>

Best Regards,
George
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