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re-creating ecore model from EMF exported XSD [message #1774053]

Mon, 09 October 2017 21:55

Cedric Gava

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Hello

this topic has some points in common with #1072206, but we are not in the same context.
Here is the context:
We must import XML data from customer, who gives us the XSD... OK
But when I take a look at the XSD files, surprise, I see clear evidences of EMF (Ecore.XSD, EcoreXMI.xsd, and XMI.xsd).

<xsd:schema xmlns:Core="http://www.toto.com/icd/core/5.0.3" xmlns:dmp="http://www.toto.com/dmp/5.0.3" xmlns:ecore="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.toto.com/icd/core/5.0.3">

Since the files are serialized with default eclipse XMI serializer, I guess that the XSD structure is recreated to "mimic" the XMI serialization.

So my question is : What is the best way to recreate the ecore mmodels from the XSD ?
Is the feature already existing in eclipse ?
Or an XSLT somewhere that do the job ?
Import the XSD like any other XSD ?

Thank your for your advices.

BR

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Re: re-creating ecore model from EMF exported XSD [message #1774305 is a reply to message #1774053]

Thu, 12 October 2017 14:16

Ed Merks

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Can't you ask the customer for the Ecore model. You could try to create an new Ecore project using the XML Schema importer and hope there is enough information in the *.xsd they give you to recover the *.ecore they're really using, but of course you're better of with their *.ecore...

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Re: re-creating ecore model from EMF exported XSD [message #1774322 is a reply to message #1774305]

Thu, 12 October 2017 20:15

Cedric Gava

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Registered: July 2009

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Hello ed.

Thank you for your answer, now I am I sure that the export from ecore to xsd is not bijective, and the re-import may need engineering know-how if we don't have the .ecore file.

Thank for the support
Hope you are fine

Cheers

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