Do Tabular XML Editors Exist?

[fawkes]

Does anyone know of a tabular editor for xml data?

I'm after something that would work as a tabular grid, allow rows to be added and deleted, possibly allow drill down/up between elements.

Are there any out there?

Either: OpenSource, Freeware, Shareware, Commercial.

I'm open to anything at the moment.

 

[JontyMC]

I use XML spy, its pretty good.

 

[fawkes]

I've had a quick look.

I was looking for something that non-technical users can use to edit the data. So it automatically creates new elements where necessary, a quick look at XMLSpy shows that you need to know to add elements or attributes, etc and most users wouldn't understand this.

 

[fawkes]

Before I go ahead and keep testing applications, this is my schema, does it help or hinder editors.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="[URL unfurl="true"]http://tempuri.org/ANSI_B36_10.xsd"[/URL] elementFormDefault="qualified"
	xmlns="[URL unfurl="true"]http://tempuri.org/ANSI_B36_10.xsd"[/URL] xmlns:mstns="[URL unfurl="true"]http://tempuri.org/ANSI_B36_10.xsd"[/URL]
	xmlns:xs="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">[/URL]
	<xs:element name="ANSI_B36_10">
		<xs:complexType>
			<xs:sequence>
				<xs:element name="Nominal_Pipe_Sizes" maxOccurs="unbounded">
					<xs:complexType>
						<xs:sequence>
							<xs:element name="Nominal_Pipe_Size" type="xs:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" />
							<xs:element name="Outside_Diameter" type="xs:double" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" />
							<xs:element name="Wall_Thicknesses" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="1">
								<xs:complexType>
									<xs:sequence>
										<xs:element name="Schedule" type="xs:string" />
										<xs:element name="Thickness" type="xs:double" />
									</xs:sequence>
								</xs:complexType>
							</xs:element>
						</xs:sequence>
					</xs:complexType>
				</xs:element>
			</xs:sequence>
		</xs:complexType>
	</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

What we have is a standard diameter of pipe with a fixed outside diameter and various wall thicknesses identified by a label called the schedule.

So each pipe size has a single OD value and then multiple combinations of schedule (label) and wall thickness.

 

[chiph]

Altova (the makers of XML Spy) also have a product called Authentic, which allows non-developers to fill in forms to create XML documents.

Chip H.


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