Validating an XML schema determines whether the current state of
the XML schema file is semantically valid. Any errors will be displayed in
the Problems view.
The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective,
but they will also work in many other perspectives.
To validate an XML
schema, complete the following steps:
The XML schema support in the XML schema editor is based on the
W3C XML Schema Recommendation Specification. The XML Schema specifications
XML Schema Part 1: Structures and XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes from the W3C
Web site are used for validation.
Certain error messages contain a reference
to the schema constraints listed in Appendix C of the XML Schema Part 1: Structures
document. Each constraint has a unique name that will be referenced in the
error message. For example, if you receive an error message with this text: ct-props-correct and
you searched in the Structure document for the text, you would find that it
is for the section "Schema Component Constraint: Complex Type Definition Properties
Correct".
You can set up a project's properties so that different types
of project resources are automatically validated when you save them (this
is set for all resources by default). From a project's pop-up menu select Properties,
then select Validation. Any validators you can run
against your project will be listed in the Validation page.