Discusses the Microsoft XSD Inference utility, which simplifies the task of writing XML Schema by automatically generating schemas from instance documents. The inferred schema can then be refined with related document instances so that it can be used to describe and validate a whole class of XML documents.

XSD Inference Tool Use Scenarios

Scenario 1

Susan works for a bookstore as a developer. Her company decided to convert their documents to XML so they could share it with subsidiaries. They also wanted to ensure that every subsidiary uses the same XML tags, attributes, and order. Susan suggested that they use XML Schemas to achieve this goal. While writing the schemas, Susan realized that it's much easier to write the document than it is to write the schema for that document.

Scenario 2

Amy is an XML Developer. She often has to deal with XML documents containing document type definitions (DTD). Amy needs to generate schemas for these documents because schemas are more powerful that DTDs and are the recommended way of describing XML documents.

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