Editing XML Schema (W3C) (section)

==Secondary uses for XML Schemas==
The primary reason for defining an XML schema is to formally describe an XML document; however the resulting schema has a number of other uses that go beyond simple validation.

===Code generation===
The schema can be used to generate code, referred to as [[XML Data Binding]]. This code allows contents of XML documents to be treated as objects within the programming environment.

===Generation of XML file structure documentation===
The schema can be used to generate human-readable documentation of an XML file structure; this is especially useful where the authors have made use of the annotation elements. No formal standard exists for documentation generation, but a number of tools are available, such as the [[Xs3p]] stylesheet, that will produce high-quality readable HTML and printed material.