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Metadata submitter tools

XML Validation CLI

Command-line tool for validating a given XML file against a specific XSD Schema.

Installing

Note: The tool requires Python 3.11+

Clone the project and install with pip:

git clone https://github.com/CSCfi/metadata-submitter-tools.git
cd metadata-submitter-tools
pip install .

Tests

Tests can be executed with tox automation:

# Install tox first if not installed
pip install tox
# Run tests
tox

Usage

After installation, the validation tool is used by by executing xml-validate in a terminal with specified options/arguments followingly:

xml-validate <option> <xml-file> <schema-file>

The <xml-file> and <schema-file> arguments need to be the correct filenames (including path) of a local XML file and the corresponding XSD file. The <option> can be --help for showing help and -v or --verbose for delivering a detailed validation error message.

Below is a terminal demonstration of the usage of this tool, which displays the different outputs the CLI will produce:

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contibuting

If you want to contribute to a project and make it better, your help is very welcome. For more info about how to contribute, see CONTRIBUTING.

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