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Validate XML with XSD in Alteryx

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XML seems to be more and more popular in Australian government departments when they ask for data from companies. As a result, XML with the standard format of XSD becomes the data submission requirement.  In this blog, I would like to share how to validate XML with a certain XSD file using Alteryx. I will cover:

  1. What is XSD?
  2. Alteryx workflow to validate XSD.
  3. Other ways and sources.

What is XSD?

Alteryx workflow to validate XSD.

XSD (XML Schema Definition) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendation that specifies how to formally describe the elements in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document.

Other ways and sources.

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