Import, How to import an XSD file (4265868)

Import from XSD is not supported and Toad Data Modeler does not plan to support import from XSD in the near future.

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XSD can be:

1.       Format that describes structure of XML documents (http://www.w3schools.com/schema/schema_howto.asp)

XML:

XSD for that XML:

2.       Format that Microsoft visual studio uses for definition of datasets (the datasets can be visualized in something similar to ER Diagram).

XSD in TDM:

a)      In TDM, it is possible to save model to TXP format, which is, internally an XML file. In the file, a lot of information is defined for internal use, some information are also defined in unique numbers,  instead of values defined in a human-readable form:

In expert mode, you can generate XSD for that TXP/XML file. The generated XSD describes possible TXP/XML structure:

b)      Because users are rarely interested in such complex TXP/XML documents, it is possible to generate simplified XML document via Reports generation.

Result: XML file with human-readable values and simplified structure:

And for that simplified XML file it is possible to generate XSD as well.

Both the XSDs generated by TDM belong to category 1 mentioned above – format that describes XML.

It has nothing to do with the XSD format that Microsoft uses for visualization of datasets.