[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Is there a schema for plugin.xml files?

[Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Steinar Bang wrote:
> I'm wondering if a schema describing the format of the plugin.xml
> files can be found somewhere?  I've tried googling and searching the
> eclipse news archives without much succes.
>
> I've found references to something called "extension point schemas",
> in eg.
>  http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Plug-in-architecture/plugin_architecture.html
>
> But I'm unsure what these "extension point schemas" are and what role
> they play.  It seems they are something other than what's normally
> understood by XML schemas...?


The extension points schemas are XML schema files, used by the PDE tools 
to help validate plugin.xml files.

The schema that validates a plugin.xml file is a combination of the 
extension points schemas.

You can find more information in on the general plugin.xml format in 
http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/plugin_manifest.html

Later,
PW