

Replace the '././././XSLT2/References/Ed-Fi-Standard/Schemas/' portion of the schemaLocation with your local file path. Before validating, you will need to update the schemaLocation path to match where you stored the Ed-Fi Interchange schema locally. Open the Ed-Fi XML file to validate in Notepad++. Step 3: Update the XML File Schema Location Path Put these files into your working folder. For example, if you are validating a student enrollment XML, you will need Interchange-StudentEnrollment.xsd

Download the interchange XSD files you will need.Within the Schemas/Bulk directory, locate the Interchange XSD and Ed-Fi-Core.xsd field. In the Ed-Fi Standard GitHub repo ( ) select the release tag of the version of the standard you want to validate against.
#Plugin notepad xml tools install
Find XML Tools in the list, check the box, and click the Install button. In Notepad++ go to the Plugins menu and select Plugins Admin. It helps users copy, paste, and highlight text in XML files it also enables them. Install Notepad++ using instructions available from : The version you install must have the Plugins Admin feature (the most recent version has this feature). Notepad++ is a free text editor with a ready plugin for editing XML files. This section provides a step-by-step guide to validating Ed-Fi XML using Notepad++ Step 1: Install the Notepad++ XML Tools plugin. This requires local copies of the Ed-Fi XML Core and Interchange Schema which can be downloaded from the Ed-Fi Alliance GitHub Ed-Fi-Standard repository.įor more information about the Ed-Fi data model and Ed-Fi Standard Interchange Schemas, see the Ed-Fi Unifying Data Model and Ed-Fi Interchange Schema Documentation available online at.
#Plugin notepad xml tools how to
The following documentation describes how to run validation using Notepad++. XML Schema (XSD), see en./wiki/XML_Schema_(W3C)Įd-Fi adopters may need to run validation checks against Ed-Fi data exchange XML files that have been created according to the Ed-Fi Data Standard and Ed-Fi Standard Interchange Schemas. To gain the most benefit from this information, the reader should already be familiar with the following knowledge areas: These XML data files are often exported from source data systems such as student information systems and assessment systems into Ed-Fi Standard Interchange Schema. This document is for technical professionals who work with educational data, and in particular, the creation of XML data files that conform to the Ed-Fi Data Standard.
