Mark Thomas wrote: > On Sep 17, 5:29 am, Jonathan Fine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I want to generate test data from an XML schema. I've had a quick look >> at existing tools (such as minixsv and amara) but from what I've seen >> they don't seem to help. > ... >> A tool that provides a nice Python interface to navigating the schema >> would probably be quite helpful. >> >> Has anyone seen anything that might help generate test data from a schema? > > I'm unaware of anything in Python, but Eclipse can generate sample > documents from a schema: > http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.wst.xmleditor.doc.user/topics/tcrexxsd.html > > As can XML IDEs such as Stylus Studio and XML Spy.
There's also a Java tool called the "XML instance generator" by Sun that supports XML Schema and RelaxNG. It's a bit tricky to find as most links to it are broken by now. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list