Command-line API

Rust: idmxml

The canonical crate builds the idmxml binary with its default cli feature.

inspect       summarize a recursive document and diagnostics
validate      run catalog-driven structural and semantic validation
format        serialize the complete XML tree
new           create a semantically complete IDM skeleton
to-json       export the lossless tree
from-json     rebuild XML from lossless tree JSON
get           read indexed-path element text
set           update indexed-path element text
set-attribute update an attribute
allowed       list catalog-permitted child actions
add           create a cardinality-checked child skeleton
remove        remove a content-model-permitted node
schema        print the generated declaration catalog

Use idmxml <command> --help for arguments. The Rust validate command does not claim formal XSD validation.

Python: idmpy

idmpy inspect model.idmxml --json
idmpy validate model.idmxml
idmpy validate model.idmxml --xsd --schema-dir references/schema/iso29481-3
idmpy new "Coordination" IDM-001 --output model.idmxml
idmpy schema --json

--xsd requires either --schema-dir, --schema, or IDMXML_SCHEMA_DIR; no embedded or network fallback exists. Validation returns exit code 2 when an error diagnostic is present and 1 for operational failures.