Comments on: Getting to grips with an existing XML structure http://www.dotvoid.com/2012/04/getting-to-grips-with-an-existing-xml-structure/ Experiments and thoughts in PHP and javascript Sat, 04 May 2013 18:44:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Steve Reynolds http://www.dotvoid.com/2012/04/getting-to-grips-with-an-existing-xml-structure/comment-page-1/#comment-3534 Steve Reynolds Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:22:50 +0000 http://www.dotvoid.com/?p=495#comment-3534 A valuable tool. I realized I had a need for such a tool in the shower this morning. I felt sure someone else has already done something similar. I would suggest 3 things to give a better picture of the XML structure shape, as opposed to just the schema: report 1) attributes that appear in the schema optionally, 2) min/max/average occurrence counts for each element within the scope of its parent element, and 3) total occurrence counts. Thank you for sharing. A valuable tool. I realized I had a need for such a tool in the shower this morning. I felt sure someone else has already done something similar. I would suggest 3 things to give a better picture of the XML structure shape, as opposed to just the schema: report 1) attributes that appear in the schema optionally, 2) min/max/average occurrence counts for each element within the scope of its parent element, and 3) total occurrence counts. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Danne http://www.dotvoid.com/2012/04/getting-to-grips-with-an-existing-xml-structure/comment-page-1/#comment-2965 Danne Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:12:03 +0000 http://www.dotvoid.com/?p=495#comment-2965 Your solution Kore is a lot more extensive and seems to be a really good tool. I'll definitely have a closer look at your project later. Your solution Kore is a lot more extensive and seems to be a really good tool. I’ll definitely have a closer look at your project later.

]]> By: Danne http://www.dotvoid.com/2012/04/getting-to-grips-with-an-existing-xml-structure/comment-page-1/#comment-2964 Danne Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:34:48 +0000 http://www.dotvoid.com/?p=495#comment-2964 Cool to see other ideas around the same problems. What is not mentioned in my post is that this class also support xml namespaces. Cool to see other ideas around the same problems. What is not mentioned in my post is that this class also support xml namespaces.

]]> By: Tim Strehle http://www.dotvoid.com/2012/04/getting-to-grips-with-an-existing-xml-structure/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 Tim Strehle Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:27:19 +0000 http://www.dotvoid.com/?p=495#comment-2962 Hi, thanks for posting this! I have created a PHP command line script to solve the same problem, but my solution is less beautiful :-) If you want to take a look: https://github.com/digicol/xml_explorer Regards, Tim Hi,

thanks for posting this!

I have created a PHP command line script to solve the same problem, but my solution is less beautiful :-)

If you want to take a look:
https://github.com/digicol/xml_explorer

Regards,
Tim

]]> By: Kore http://www.dotvoid.com/2012/04/getting-to-grips-with-an-existing-xml-structure/comment-page-1/#comment-2961 Kore Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:21:01 +0000 http://www.dotvoid.com/?p=495#comment-2961 Hi, May I suggest to take a look at https://github.com/kore/XML-Schema-learner -- a simple PHP tool to learn a XML schema from input XML. At least if you generate a DTD this should provide you with description of the structure of the XML which should be easy to understand. Depending on your experience the XSD might even provide more insight -- more details here: http://kore-nordmann.de/blog/0104_generating_xml_schemas_from_xml.html Hi,

May I suggest to take a look at https://github.com/kore/XML-Schema-learner — a simple PHP tool to learn a XML schema from input XML.

At least if you generate a DTD this should provide you with description of the structure of the XML which should be easy to understand. Depending on your experience the XSD might even provide more insight — more details here: http://kore-nordmann.de/blog/0104_generating_xml_schemas_from_xml.html

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