Free DTD to XSD conversion utility?

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I have a DTD that I need to convert to an XSD (XML schema) file. Is there a free utility or simple way to accomplish this?

score 57 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 22 '13 at 09:05

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If you happen to have Visual Studio, open the DTD file an you should have a button to "Create Schema" out of it.
I haven't checked if it was available on Express edition, though.

answered Aug 22 '13 at 09:05

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Nice, worked perfectly in VS2012. The option is found in the main menu under XML -> Create schema – René Jan 04 '14 at 14:32
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Seems supported by the 2015 community edition as well. :) Thanks! – UweB Feb 26 '16 at 14:17
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Visual Studio Community 2015 >>> open .dtd file >>> XML tab >>> Create Schema – Stephen C Apr 18 '17 at 15:34

score 45 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '09 at 15:12

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The W3C offers one. There are also online converters.

answered Oct 02 '09 at 15:12

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The 'online converters' XML Utilities link is currently out-of-date. The tool moved to: [http://www.xmlutilities.net](http://www.xmlutilities.net). But now you'll have to request for access. I found a link to this tool [http://www.lumrix.net/dtd2xs.php](http://www.lumrix.net/dtd2xs.php) in an O'REILLY article and it worked well for me (you do need the Java Runtime Environment installed, but most of us still have that :-) ). – Maarten Docter Dec 04 '13 at 11:10
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lumrix.net tool also gone – Dr. Max Völkel Dec 31 '14 at 10:19
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Good things disappear quickly from the internet. – IS4 May 10 '16 at 20:36
There is another version of the W3C tool here http://www.mathling.com/xmlschema/ . Found it here: http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/XML_Schema#DTD_to_XSD_Conversion_tools – MeTTeO Aug 22 '16 at 19:37
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The lumrix.net link is also broken/out-of-date. A Google search on just "dtd2xs.php" turns up quite a few hits, but most are the same link, or sites that I was a little nervous about downloading from... – Peter Howe Sep 28 '16 at 12:06
Does JDK have command line tool from DTD to XSD conversion? – Andriy Kryvtsun Jan 25 '17 at 16:46
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The lumrix dtd2xs tool (Java) can be found here: https://github.com/reposit/dtd2xs This worked for me: `java -cp . dtd2xsd report.dtd > report.xsd` – seanf Feb 02 '17 at 14:00
W3C tool requires ***Perl installation*** – Kiquenet Oct 30 '17 at 13:08
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the w3c one is actually broken, I guess it is too old. it generates invalid xsd. – Wang May 16 '21 at 09:36

score 13 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '22 at 16:54

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Try xmlpad from https://download.cnet.com/XmlPad/3000-7241_4-10252051.html to convert DTD to XSD. Really nice tool.

edited Apr 13 '22 at 16:54

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answered Apr 01 '11 at 20:19

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You need to open a DTD file before you can access the requested functionality (convert DTD to XSD in this case; it can also generate a sample XML). Works great, thanks! – Buffalo Mar 26 '12 at 08:48
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can't parse the w3c strict.dtd file. – Edwin Yip Jan 12 '13 at 16:21
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Site down. Cannot reach. – paragbaxi Jan 24 '14 at 05:32
Currently, that URL comes up with my firewall flagging it as malware. – Sean Duggan Apr 11 '22 at 19:14

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '09 at 18:04

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http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/trang.html

Trang converts between different schema languages for XML. It supports the following languages:

RELAX NG (XML syntax)
RELAX NG compact syntax
XML 1.0 DTDs
W3C XML Schema

http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/trang-manual.html

answered Dec 15 '09 at 18:04

Andriy Plokhotnyuk

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The website is down. – a3nm Dec 12 '18 at 23:30
The thaiopensource link currently redirects to https://relaxng.org/jclark/trang-manual.html – TonyG Jan 12 '20 at 22:15

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