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I wanted to generate some sample XML from an XSD I was given and I was struck by the lack of resources outside of the over bloated Altova tools and their misguided clones much more heavy weight options that seem overkill for what I’m trying to do.

I was actually hoping to find a style sheet that could do the job, but I had no luck.

Along the way though, I did find Liquid XML Studio which in it’s freeware incarnation has some nice schema viewing, editing and generation features. There’s also an integrated web service browser



and although, I haven’t played with it much yet, there’s an XPath expression builder in there too.



My only disappointment is the lack of XSLT support, at least in the freeware version. I’m looking for a reasonable successor to MarrowSoft Xselerator which is no longer supported or being sold by TopXML. Xselerator is not compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, which I has not actually proved a problem for me yet, but it’s days must be numbered.

I’m not adverse to paying for software (Xselerator wasn’t free), but I must admit to being put off a little by hobbled versions. An issue covered much better than I could by Jeff Atwood, here.

My favourite Cyberlink love/hate thing comes to mind; Power DVD Ultra, Power DVD Deluxe, Power DVD Standard or Power DVD OEM. Mmm, now let me see… do any of them work reliably?