Re: Tool that finds unused simpleTypes?

Shows the importance of stating requirements unambiguously! Loren has interpreted the question as meaning "simple types that are not referenced from anywhere in the schema", whereas I interpreted it as "simple types that are not used in the course of a particular validation episode".

But even if Loren's interpretation is correct, his solution is incomplete: it doesn't allow for multiple schema documents, it doesn't allow for @type having a namespace prefix, and it doesn't allow for references to a type from another type, e.g. in @base, @itemType, or @memberTypes.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 30 Mar 2016, at 16:24, Loren Cahlander <loren.cahlander@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Try the following (untested) snippet
> 
> fn:distinct-values($schema//xs:simpleType/@name[not(.=$schema//xs:element/@type/string())])
> 
> Loren Cahlander
> 
> On Mar 28, 2016, at 1:19 PM, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com <mailto:mike@saxonica.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Saxon's schema processor has the option -stats:filename to report on the usage of schema components during a validation episode. IIRC it only lists the components that were used (not those that weren't) but you could do some post-processing to derive this information.
>> 
>> Michael Kay
>> Saxonica
>> 
>> 
>>> On 28 Mar 2016, at 17:42, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org <mailto:costello@mitre.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Folks,
>>> 
>>> I am seeking a Java tool that finds all unused simpleTypes in an XML Schema.
>>> 
>>> Does such a tool exist?
>>> 
>>> /Roger
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 

Received on Wednesday, 30 March 2016 15:34:57 UTC