vscode-speedata

VS Code extension providing XML language support powered by RelaxNG schemas. Built for the speedata Publisher, but usable with any RNG schema.

Features

Language Server (LSP)

• Hover documentation — displays a:documentation from the RNG schema for elements and attributes
• Completion — suggestions for elements, attributes and enum values (with snippets)
• Diagnostics — validation against the schema (unknown elements/attributes, required attributes, invalid values, unclosed tags)
• Formatting — document formatting for XML files
• Document symbols — Record and Function elements appear in the Outline view for quick navigation
• Linked editing — rename opening and closing tags in sync

Editor Features

• Auto-close tag — typing <Foo> automatically inserts </Foo>
• Smart commenting (Cmd+/) — nested comments are escaped (<!-- → <!-/-)
• Select element (Cmd+Shift+A) — selects the entire element including children, press again to expand to the parent

XML Tree Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Up	Jump to parent element
Ctrl+Down	Jump to child / next element (pre-order)
Ctrl+Shift+Down	Jump to next sibling element
Ctrl+Shift+Up	Jump to previous sibling element

Schema Association

1. Built-in schema (zero configuration)

Just open a speedata Publisher layout file — the extension automatically activates its built-in schema when it detects xmlns="urn:speedata.de:2009/publisher/en". Completions, hover docs, and diagnostics work out of the box.

The built-in schema is available in German and English. By default the language matches your VS Code UI language. To override this, use the speedata.schemaLanguage setting:

{ "speedata.schemaLanguage": "de" }  // "auto" (default), "de", or "en"

2. XML Catalog

If you want to use a different schema, point the extension to an OASIS XML Catalog:

{ "speedata.catalog": "/path/to/catalog.xml" }

<catalog xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog">
  <uri name="urn:speedata.de:2009/publisher/en" uri="layoutschema-de.rng"/>
</catalog>

3. Processing Instruction (per file)

For per-file control, add a processing instruction at the top of the XML file:

<?xml-model href="path/to/schema.rng" type="application/xml"
            schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>
<Layout xmlns="urn:speedata.de:2009/publisher/en">

This takes the highest precedence and overrides both the built-in schema and the catalog.

Development

npm install
npm run compile    # Build (esbuild)
npm run watch      # Watch mode

Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host.

Packaging

npx vsce package