An Integrated Set of XML Tools – User Guide

Published

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, Zeid Kootbally, Craig Schlenoff

Abstract

This user guide describes an integrated set of C++ software tools for manipulating XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schemas and XML instance files. The tools are: - xmlSchemaParser - parses and reformats XML schema files, prints type derivation hierarchies - xmlInstanceParserGenerator - generates C++ classes and a YACC/Lex instance file parser from an XML schema - it's a software tool that writes software tools - orphanFinder - identifies unused types and undefined types in one to many XML schema files - xmlSchemaAttributeConverter - rewrites an XML schema file, converting attributes to elements All of the tools are invoked by giving a command in a terminal window. The tools were built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The xmlSchemaParser and the xmlInstanceParserGenerator were originally built in support of the Agility Performance of Robotic Systems project. They have been greatly extended since that time. The orphanFinder and xmlSchemaAttributeConverter are more recent.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 8337

Report Number

8337

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Keywords

automatic, C++, information model, generator, schema, software, tool, XML, XSDL, YACC, Lex

Citation

Kramer, T. , Kootbally, Z. and Schlenoff, C. (2020), An Integrated Set of XML Tools – User Guide, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8337 (Accessed October 8, 2025)