validating xml editor

[dgriffee]

If you are tired of stumbling over miniscule typos that "break" your rules files, and then having to go hunt for the missing space/quote/slash/bracket/whatever...
Using what is called a "validating" xml editor means that it makes sure the xml syntax is at least "well formed" which will catch most such typos very easily and save you a lot of hassle. Such software tools are typically found at "sourceforge.net" which is an opensource programmer's community site.

One that I would recommend for it's simplicity and effectiveness is "XML Copy Editor" (it's free too)...
http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net/
...there are versions for windows and linux (which might work on OSX - i don't know for sure)

-DG

[pcartwright]

Very cool. Thanks for the info.

[tona87]

I tried copy editor and it was okay for basic xml editing but I found liquid xml editor much more robust as an all round xml tool for like validation, data binding, parsing and so on.