Extension Point Schema Editor

About Extension Point Schemas

An extension point schema is a valid W3C XML schema file that defines a contract for extension points that extensions must conform to in order to plug-in and extend the platform. More specifically, an extension point schema specifies a formal grammar for an extension point's elements and attributes that govern the structure, content and semantics of an extension's declarative XML mark-up.

Extension point schemas are used during plug-in development to do the following:

Validate all extensions defined in workspace plug-ins.
Generate reference extension point documentation.
Provide user assistance in creating extensions.

About This Editor

The Extension Point Schema Editor allows you to do the following:

Create and edit an extension point schema's grammar.
Document an extension point schema's grammar.
Specify useful metadata used by PDE tooling.
Preview the extension point schema's reference document.

This editor abstracts the extension point schema file mark-up as an implementation detail you do not need to learn.

Editor Pages

This editor is comprised of the following pages:

Global Editor Actions

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