.NET & XML

Chapter 14. The Microsoft.XsdInference Namespace

Although the XML Schema Definition tool, xsd.exe, that ships with the .NET Framework is capable of inferring an XML Schema from an instance of an XML document, Microsoft has provided an additional assembly which contains a more advanced XSD inference model.

Available for download from http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/xmltools/xsdinference/XSDInference.exe, the XSD Inference Tool is comprised of an additional .NET assembly that provides extended ability to infer an XML Schema definition from an XML document instance, and a .NET executable that uses that assembly to allow XML Schema inference from the command line.

The installer creates a directory named C:\ProgramFiles\XSDInference which contains the XSDInfer.dll assembly, the Infer.exe executable, documentation, and source code for both the assembly and the executable.