E' stata rilasciato un tool per il designer degli XML Schema che è integrato in Visual Studio 2008.

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Tree View

The Schema Explorer displays pre-compiled schema set information in a tree structure. The tree structure is organized as follows:

• At the top level is the schema set node.
• The second level contains the namespaces.
• The third level contains the files.
• The fourth level contains the global nodes. This can include elements, groups, complex types, simple types, attributes, and attribute groups.

The following is an example of the tree structure:

Schema Set

    Namespace 1

        File 1

            Global node 1

    Namespace 2

        File 2

            Global node 2

Search

The Schema Explorer enables you to search the schema set in the following ways:

• Keyword search
• Schema-specific search (for example, "Show All Derived Types")

Filter and Sort Feature

The Schema Explorer includes filter and sort options available on the Schema Explorer toolbar. The following filter options are available from the toolbar. The Show Namespaces and Show Schema Files options are selected by default.

• Show Namespaces
• Show Schema Files
• Show Compositors (sequence/choice/all)

The following sorting options are available from the toolbar. The default is Sort By Type.

• Sort By Type
• Sort by Name
• Sort by Document Order