As with most editing applications, <oXygen/> lets you open existing documents, save your changes and close them as required.
The New wizard only creates a skeleton document containing the document prolog, a root element and possibly other child elements depending on the options specific for each schema type. If you need to generate full and valid XML instance documents based on an XML Schema schema you should use the XML instance generation tool instead.
Use the following procedure to create documents.
The <oXygen/> plugin installs a series of Eclipse wizards for easy creation of new documents. Using these wizards you let <oXygen/> fill in details like the system ID or schema location of a new XML document, the minimal markup of a DocBook article or the namespace declarations of a Relax NG schema.
Procedure 4.1. Creating new documents
Select → → (Ctrl+N) or press the
New toolbar button.
The New wizard is displayed
which contains the supported Document Types: XML, XSL, XML Schema, Document Type
Definition, Relax NG Schema, XQuery, Web Services Definition
Language, Schematron Schema, CSS File.Select a document type, then click For example if XML was selected the "Create an XML Document" wizard is started.
Type a name for the new document and press Next.
The Create an XML Document dialog enables definition of a XML Document Prolog using the system identifier of a XML Schema, DTD, Relax NG (full or compact syntax), NRL (Namespace Routing Language) or NVDL (Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language) schema. As not all XML documents are required to have a Prolog, you may choose to skip this step by clicking . If the prolog is required complete the fields as the following.
Complete the dialog as follows:
- URL
Specifies the location of an XML Schema Document (XSD).
You can also specify an URI if it is solved by the <oXygen/> catalog.
- Document Root
Populated from the elements defined in the specified XSD, enables selection of the element to be used as document root.
- Namespace
Specifies the document namespace.
- Prefix
Specifies the prefix for the namespace of the document root.
- Description
Shows a small definition for the currently selected element.
Complete the dialog as follows:
- System ID
Specifies the location of a Document Type Definition (DTD).
- Document Root
Populated from the elements defined in the specified DTD, enables selection of the element to be used as document root.
- Public ID
Specifies the PUBLIC identifier declared in the Prolog.
Complete the dialog as follows:
- URL
Specifies the location of a Relax NG schema in XML or compact syntax (RNG/RNC).
- XML syntax
When checked the specified URL refers to a Relax NG schema in XML syntax. It will be checked automatically if the user selects a document with the .rng extension.
- Compact syntax
When checked the specified URL refers to a Relax NG schema in compact syntax. It will be checked automatically if the user selects a document with the .rnc extension.
- Document Root
Populated from the elements defined in the specified RNG or RNC document, enables selection of the element to be used as document root.
- Namespace
Specifies the document namespace.
- Prefix
Specifies the prefix for the namespace of the document root.
- Description
Shows a small definition for the currently selected element.
Complete the dialog as follows:
- URL
Specifies the location of a NRL schema (NRL).
Complete the dialog as follows:
- URL
Specifies the location of a Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language schema (NVDL).
- Document Root
Populated from the elements defined in the specified NVDL document, enables selection of the element to be used as document root.
- Namespace
Specifies the document namespace.
- Prefix
Specifies the prefix for the namespace of the document root.
- Description
Shows a small definition for the currently selected element.
Templates are documents containing a predefined structure. They provide starting points on which one can rapidly build new documents that repeat the same basic characteristics. <oXygen/> installs a rich set of templates for a number of XML applications. You may also create your own templates and share them with other users.
The New from Templates wizard enables you to select predefined templates or templates that have already been created in previous sessions or by other users. Open a template using the following options:
The templates presented in the dialog are:
- Document Types templates
Templates supplied with the defined document types.
- User defined templates
The user can add template files in the
templatesfolder of the <oXygen/> install directory. Also in the option page can be specified a custom templates folder to be scanned.
Procedure 4.2. Creating Documents based on Templates
Select → → The New from templates dialog is displayed.
Scroll the Templates list and select the required Template Type.
Type a name for the new document and press Next.
Click A new document is opened that already contains structure and content provided in the template starting point.
