Automatically generate graphical documentation for XSD like XmlSpy does

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I would like to generate a graphical documentation of some XSD files (XML schema definition). I know, there are a few projects that do a good job generating a textual documentation. But I use XmlSpy and I really love the tree that I get when I click on "print".

I would like to generate this automatically on a continuous integration server. The question is: how can I get this scripted? I found a forum post that sais "it's possible", but I don't have a clue where to start.

EDIT: the focus here is doing it from the command line rather than having a graphical editor.

possible duplicate of [How to visualize an XML schema?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2486758/how-to-visualize-an-xml-schema) — Abel, Sep 14 '15 at 13:46
@Abel: I guess, yes, I missed that question in my attempts to search for an existing question. I don't understand that question well enough on whether automation was the goal. — Stefan Bormann, Sep 15 '15 at 08:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

Some ideas:

You may like Xsdvi, which converts an input XSD into an SVG diagram like this one (which I think is a logical choice: it's an XML to XML conversion). It is simple to use and its output can be rendered to any scale, it is SVG after all.
This tool was mentioned in this off-topic and deleted post (requires 20k+ rep to view). And there's XSDiagram, check it out.
Apparently, JDeveloper can be used for this, as this post shows, which is free for registered users.

I have not tried any of these, I'm happy with what oXygen provides. Try them out. Be aware that asking for tools is typically off-topic on StackOverflow, though continuous-integration is not (hence I decided to answer anyway).

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '15 at 15:43

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You can also use the stylesheets from the XS3P project. You can apply them using a standard XSLT transformation engine (Saxon...).

answered Oct 23 '15 at 15:43

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The example outputs show a textual output. That is not what i am looking for. – Stefan Bormann Oct 23 '15 at 20:56
It is HTML. But maybe not what you are looking for. – Clemens Oct 23 '15 at 20:58

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 27 '16 at 12:36

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Thanks to @Abel for pointing me to XSD Diagram. Since version 1.0 this program can also write the annotations into the generated image.

I am using it in the following way now:

XSDDiagramConsole.exe -o picture.png -r rootnode -d -y -e 10 schema.xsd

answered Jun 27 '16 at 12:36

Stefan Bormann

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Automatically generate graphical documentation for XSD like XmlSpy does

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