ADO.Net Entity Framework generate model from XSD file

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I have a rather large XSD file and I have heard that it is possible using the entity framework to connect to XML files like databases and validate them against the XSD, however I do not know how to go about doing this.

So what I'm trying to do is generate a entity framework model from my XSD file, and I imagine this will generate a series of objects which will be used when opening a XML file for validation and population.

Note that not all XML schemas will map to the relational model. — John Saunders, Apr 05 '11 at 01:21

Andrey Morozov · Answer 1 · 2013-04-02T13:10:25.657

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As well you can try to use latest (4.5) version of XML Schema Definition Tool

xsd.exe /d /eld "your_schema.xsd"

where /eld option enable you to use LINQ to DataSet

edited Apr 02 '13 at 13:10

answered Apr 02 '13 at 09:28

Andrey Morozov

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '11 at 01:27

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Linq2xsd will do that. http://linqtoxsd.codeplex.com/ once dead it now lives on codeplex.

answered Apr 05 '11 at 01:27

Derek Beattie

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I haven't kept up on it but I used the alpha version before it was open source and never had any problems. The version on codeplex is ready for 4.0. It's open source so that's nice too. – Derek Beattie Apr 05 '11 at 03:20

ADO.Net Entity Framework generate model from XSD file

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