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Bryce K Nielsen	xmlArchitect WishList	Lead	[-]
Posts: 230 (03/12/02 12:31:53) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Below is a list of "features" we're trying to finish up for xmlArchitect to graduate it from it's beta stage: - Completed Help File (integrated with IDE and all) - More "properties" - "Customizable" properties (may or may not be fixed) - Tag-Insight (the drop-down in the editor for available child elements/attributes) - Completed "Options" (most don't do much, need to add a lot more) - Drag/Drop of nodes in the tree - "Intelligent" XSD Creation when opening an XML File - Complete XSD support (i.e. allow for all nodes to be represented in the tree) - External document references? - Better namespace support - More solid docking feature - DTD Conversions (opening a DTD to automatically create an XSD) - HTML Export for documentation (not really finished yet) If you see anything we've missed, please let us know. -BKN
slholmes	Re: xmlArchitect WishList	#1	[-]
Posts: 11 (01/07/03 06:27:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I know this is convered under the blanket: * Complete XSD support (i.e. allow for all nodes to be represented in the tree) But, I'd like to see support for the xsd:default attribute. I'd like to add defaults to elements and attributes. This would be especially useful for when I start adding enumerations. Also, when you serialize an instance document (save as xml), you could put the defaults in the xml for us - generating a little bit more useful instance. While we're on the topic, it'd be cool to get a prettified version of the instance xml. Right now, I believe, the xml gen'd is all one line. BTW, the more I work with xmlArchitect, the more I like it. Very intuitive.
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: xmlArchitect WishList	#2	[-]
Posts: 230 (01/14/03 15:27:02) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks. We're getting geared up to rework xmlArchitect, revamping the backend engine to be faster (one of it's weaknesses is with good-sized XSD files (like more than 100kb)) as well as supporting the missing XSD features, like default and choice. xsd:default is a good candidate for another column in the treegrid, as well as a simple property. Another feature you've brought up in your post is the ability to 'export-to-xml', making the mockup instance XML treeview an actual XML document. We're building in an export-to-html, which makes a pretty/readable document from the schema (kinda like JavaDocs), and at the same time we should probably create an export-to-xml. Thanks, -BKN
pbooghs	xmlArchitect WishList	#3	[-]
Posts: 1 (05/14/03 00:37:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	This is a great utility. I would like to have the xml:land attribute in the documentation tag. Thanks
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: xmlArchitect WishList	#4	[-]
Posts: 230 (05/15/03 14:41:19) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm unfamiliar with xml:land. Do you mean xml:lang? It could be added, though there'd have to be some tweaking to the XSD document to include a reference to the 1.0 namespace schema. I've added it to the list of to-do features for xmlArchitect, thanks. -BKN
avigland	Re: xmlArchitect WishList	#5	[-]
Posts: 1 (06/20/03 13:18:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I just wanted to let you know that you are hitting the mark. This is a great tool that was easy to pick up and be productive with. Regarding the export-to-xml ... you actually tricked me into thinking you were already doing it. You see I started with an existing XML that I wanted to create a schema for, and when I opened it up I was thrilled to see the schema shell presented for me. I then spent about an hour fiddling with the schema definition and the basic structure of the "XML". When I was done I went back into the XML file, expecting it to see the edited version!! So, you did such a good job you faked me right out!! Now that I think about it ... I was wondering where the values would go. Since my XML was just a shell with no values, I didn't expect to see them. I looked for a value column, expecting to find it between Data Type and Documentation in the XML view, but when I didn't see it I just moved on to the task at hand. No worries, though. This is still exceeding my expectations - I have worked with trial versions of Tibco, XMLSpy, StyleVision, etc., looking for something that did what I needed. They were very flashy, but when it comes right down to what I needed your tool fit better. Thanks, and keep it up. In the spirit of beta testing I will report bugs as I run across them. Al
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: xmlArchitect WishList	#6	[-]
Posts: 230 (06/20/03 15:17:52) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Good to see it being used so well. When posting "bugs", you can either email them to support@sysonyx.com or post them on this message board. Personally, I'd prefer you post them here, so that way others who may be experiencing the same bug will see that it's being addressed (though do please post them in a new topic ). As for the export-to-xml feature, for the most part it would take the Tree that you see and make an XML document out of it. Have a "values" column would be pretty easy to do, and we'd probably just add it to the xsd:annotation/xsd:appinfo tag of the selected element (that way the value would be stored with the schema). I don't think we're going to make xmlArchitect actually edit an XML document though, that starts to break the main goal of xmlArchitect, being a simple XML Schema editor. If you need to do some XML editing, use xmlHack. We do intend though to add a "bridge" between xmlHack and xmlArchitect for those who have both applications on the same machine. For example, while running xmlHack and the loaded document references a schema, using xmlArchitect technology, you'll be able to see what nodes are valid at different levels. You'll even be able to paste-in a "shell" of node, etc. -BKN

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