Re: XML Zebra, a path-based tool for generating diff fingerprints for XML Schemas
"Anthony B. Coates (Google)" <[email protected]>
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Version 1.0-pre-3 of XML Zebra is now available. It adds the ability to select which global elements are used as root elements. See https://launchpad.net/xmlzebra/+announcement/5454 Cheers, Tony. On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:31:12 -0000, Anthony B. Coates (Google) <[email protected]> wrote: > Version 1.0-pre-2 of XML Zebra is now available. It adds support for > substitution groups, and you can now set namespace prefixes via the > command line. > > https://launchpad.net/xmlzebra/+announcement/5072 > > Cheers, Tony. > > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:15:11 -0000, Anthony B. Coates (Google) > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have written a tool, using the XMLBeans Schema Object Model API, that >> can be used to check the differences between versions of a set of W3C >> XML Schemas. The tool can be run with Scala, Java, or Apache Ant. The >> idea is that for each version, you create a fingerprint file that >> contains paths (like XPaths, but with an extended syntax). By >> comparing the two fingerprint files for two versions, you can see what >> has changed between the versions of the Schemas. >> >> How does this differ from just doing diffs of the individual Schema >> files >> themselves? The difference is that the path-based approach shows you >> not >> only what has changed, but also shows all of the places that are >> directly >> or indirectly impacted by the change. Also, the path-based approach >> ignores restructurings that don't impact users, like renaming of Schema >> types or moving of definitions to a different Schema file. Put another >> way, the path-based approach allows you to evaluate how the Schemas have >> changed from a user-impact perspective, rather than from a simple >> file-change perspective. >> >> The software is open source, released under the Apache licence. For >> more >> details, and to download it, see >> >> http://www.xmlzebra.com/ >> >> There will be a presentation about this software at the XML Prague 2010 >> conference, 13-14 March. >> >> http://www.xmlprague.cz/2010/index.html >> >> Feedback would be very welcome. Thanks, >> >> Cheers, Tony. >