In addition to controlling the build or manual enablement for a validator, you can now specify additional options. For example, you can specify which files or folders the validator must validate or exclude. By excluding folders that contain static and stable content, you can improve the overall build performance.
The XML, XSD, and WSDL validators provide dependency revalidation. For example, if an XML schema is edited and saved, the XML document, that is constrained by the XML schema, is revalidated. Dependencies revalidation function is also available for XML schema and WSDL documents, that have dependencies through imports and include statements.
The XML file preferences page includes settings to control:
XInclude
directives.You can now use the XML schema and WSDL editor to open XML schema and WSDL documents located outside the workspace. This feature is applicable to files located on the local file system, as well as remote files, for example XML schema or WSDL documents located on a Web server. Local files can be opened by using File > Open file. Remote documents referenced by import and include statements can be opened from the graphical view or outline view of the editor.
The XML schema editor provides a new enhanced type-oriented view of an XML schema. By using the new type expansion functionality, you can show or hide parent types, complex types, or simple types by clicking controls located at the top or right side of a figure.
You can now control the zoom level used to render the Graphical View of the XML schema and WSDL editors. Use the toolbar control to zoom in or zoom out.
In the XML schema editor, you can also use the new thumbnail overview to scroll the graphical view. You can access this new feature by selecting it in the toolbar of the outline view.
You can now choose to select SOAP 1.2 as the default protocol when you use the WSDL editing wizards. The source view in the WSDL editor also provides content assist for SOAP 1.2 bindings extensions. The WS-I profile service policy controls the selection of the default binding protocol in the New WSDL wizard. The WSDL validator provides validation for SOAP 1.2 binding extensions.
You now have better control over the representation of XML schema types when generating an XML schema from an XML instance document. In the wizard, you can specify either anonymous or global types for both simple and complex types.
The new XML catalog Import/Export wizard replaces the old XML catalog import/export dialog.