[Flightgear-devel] XML schema files for FlightGear
Hi I recently revived the xml schema files I started to create a while ago. While working on the autopilot for the HansaJet, I (re)learned that editing xml files with vi is ok, but having a nice xml editor is much more fun. Once you got used to the automatic popup menus offering the valid tags at your current editing position, you *really* miss them once they are gone... They may also serve as a good reference and documentation. Autogenerated documentation looks like this: http://www.t3r.de/fg/xml/Docs/autopilot.xsd.html (Ignore the AusAddress - this is a bug somewhere) I have quite a few schema files with annotation ready and I think it might be a good idea to share them. What do you think? Does FlightGear need xml schema files? Would anybody besides me use them? What would be the appropriate place to store them? My suggestion: data/Docs/XMLSchema Comments welcome Torsten -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML schema files for FlightGear
* Torsten Dreyer -- Friday 13 March 2009: http://www.t3r.de/fg/xml/Docs/autopilot.xsd.html Looks nice. I have quite a few schema files with annotation ready [...] Does FlightGear need xml schema files? Would anybody besides me use them? What would be the appropriate place to store them? While I would probably not use that myself, I'm all for it. The question, however, is, if someone maintains that. XML file structure changes all the time, but if those who make the changes don't use the schemata, then they might also not update them. They might not even have the tools installed or know/care about how to use them. Outdated and wrong documentation can be worse than no documentation at all. At the moment not even our actual documentation is really fully up-to-date, and the files in $FG_ROOT/Docs/ and ./docs-mini/ aren't synchronized. :-/ My suggestion: data/Docs/XMLSchema Makes sense. m. -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML schema files for FlightGear
Hi I recently revived the xml schema files I started to create a while ago. While working on the autopilot for the HansaJet, I (re)learned that editing xml files with vi is ok, but having a nice xml editor is much more fun. Once you got used to the automatic popup menus offering the valid tags at your current editing position, you *really* miss them once they are gone... They may also serve as a good reference and documentation. Autogenerated documentation looks like this: http://www.t3r.de/fg/xml/Docs/autopilot.xsd.html (Ignore the AusAddress - this is a bug somewhere) This is a good thing to do. I've been trying to keep current JSBSim schema and XSL transformation documents up to date. I use OxygenXML as an editor. Which one do you use? Jon -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML schema files for FlightGear
This is a good thing to do. I've been trying to keep current JSBSim schema and XSL transformation documents up to date. I use OxygenXML as an editor. Which one do you use? OxygenXML, too. It's the only one I found/know, that runs on linux. Once the schema for the FlightGear config file is created, it should not be to much sweat to keep it in sync with the source. New elements don't show up every week. The time consuming task is building the schema. The JSBSim files follow some very strict rules, while the FlightGear config files are - well, sometimes quite flexible. Torsten -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
