In single file documentation (HTML or RTF), the blocks become separate sections that follow one after another. In RTF each of those sections also has its own page header/footer.

There are following types of main documentation blocks:

Overview Summary block is generated only once for the whole documentation.
All Component Summary block is also generated only once. It contains summaries of all schema components of the specified types throughout all XML schemas being documented.
Namespace Overview block is generated for every namespace being documented.
Schema Overview is generated for every XML schema.
Component Documentation is the most sophisticated type of blocks that can be generated for all types of global components as well as all local elements.
XML Namespace Bindings is a special report, which can be generated only once.

The generation of main blocks/pages is controlled by two parameter groups:

Using “Generate Details” parameters, you can specify whether and when to generate documentation blocks of particular types. Basically, this determines if certain major features of your XML schema project (e.g. simple types, attribute groups or even entire XML schemas) will be documented at all.
The “Details” parameter group allows you to specify the exact content of particular main blocks. This determines which details about particular major features of your XML schemas will appear in the documentation.

Overview Summary

The Overview Summary block may be generated only once. It starts the documentation. In the case of framed HTML documentation, this is a separate document, which is loaded the first in the details frame. In single-file RTF documentation, it will appear on the first page. Here is how the HTML variant looks (click to see the real document):

Generated By Template:

The Overview Summary block is generated by overview-summary.tpl template.

Controlled By Parameters:

“Generate Details | Overview Summary” parameter specifies whether to generate the Overview Summary.
“Details | Overview Summary” parameter group controls the exact content of the Overview Summary block.

The Overview Summary block may include the following sections:

Section Description Controlled By Parameters

Namespace Summary This section enumerates all documented namespaces (i.e. those targeted by at least one of the documented XML schemas) along with brief information about each namespace. Details | Overview Summary | Namespace Summary

Schema Summary This section enumerates all documented XML schemas along with a few details about each of them. Details | Overview Summary | Schema Summary

All Component Summary

This block may be generated only once for the entire XML schema documentation. It contains summaries of all schema components of the specified types defined throughout all schemas being documented.

Generated By Template:

The All Component Summary block is generated by all-components-summary.tpl template.

Controlled By Parameters:

“Generate Details | All Component Summary” parameter specifies whether to generate the All Component Summary block.
“Details | All Component Summary” parameter group controls what is included in the All Component Summary block.

The All Component Summary block may include the following sections:

Section Description Generated By Template Controlled By
Parameters

Element Summary The summary of all global element components and some of the local element components.
elementSummary.tpl
Details | All Component Summary | Elements

Complex Type Summary The summary of all global complexType components.
complexTypeSummary.tpl
Details | All Component Summary | Complex Types

Complex Type Summary The summary of all global complexType components. complexTypeSummary.tpl Details | All Component Summary | Complex Types

Simple Type Summary The summary of all global simpleType components. simpleTypeSummary.tpl Details | All Component Summary | Simple Types

Element Group Summary The summary of all global element group components. groupSummary.tpl Details | All Component Summary | Element Groups

Global Attribute Summary The summary of all global attribute components. attributeSummary.tpl Details | All Component Summary | Global Attributes

Attribute Group Summary The summary of all global attribute group components. attributeGroupSummary.tpl Details | All Component Summary | Attribute Groups

The content of each component summary item is controlled by “Details | All Component Summary | Summary Item” parameter group.

Namespace Overview

The Namespace Overview block can be generated for each documented namespace. Here is how it looks (click on the screenshot):

Generated By Template:

The Namespace Overview block/page is generated by namespace-overview.tpl template.

Controlled By Parameters:

“Generate Details | Namespace Overviews” parameter specifies whether to generate the Namespace Overview block.
“Details | Namespace Overview” parameter group controls what is included in the Namespace Overview block.

See Also:

How everything is documented | Namespaces

The Namespace Overview block may include the following sections:

Section Description Generated By Template / Template Section Controlled By Parameters

Namespace Profile The brief information about the namespace. This includes the list of the XML schemas targeting this namespace, the number of components by types, etc. namespaceProfile.tpl Details | Namespace Overview | Namespace Profile

Schema Summary This section enumerates all documented XML schemas targeting this namespace along with a few details about each schema. namespace-overview.tpl | "schema summary" Details | Namespace Overview | Schema Summary

Component Summaries The summary tables of all global components and local elements that belong to the given namespace (that is defined in all XML schemas which target this namespace). namespace-overview.tpl | "COMPONENT SUMMARY" Details | Namespace Overview | Component Summaries

Schema Overview

A separate Schema Overview block (or HTML file) is generated by each XML schema file included in the documentation scope.

Generated By Template:

The Schema Overview block is generated by schema-overview.tpl template.

Controlled By Parameters:

“Generate Details | Schema Overviews” parameter specifies whether to generate the Schema Overview block.
“Details | Schema Overview” parameter group controls what is included in the Schema Overview block.

See Also:

DocFlex/XML | XSDDoc | What XML Schemas you can document

The Schema Overview block may include the following sections:

Section Description Generated By Template / Template Section Controlled By Parameters

Schema Profile The general summary information about the schema. schemaProfile.tpl Details | Schema Overview | Schema Profile

Annotation This section displays the full annotation text obtained from all <xs:documentation> elements found by the following path:
xs:schema/xs:annotation/xs:documentation
Multiple <xs:documentation> elements produce separate sections of the annotation text. annotation.tpl Details | Schema Overview | Annotation

Component Summaries The summary tables of all global components and local elements defined in the given XML schema. schema-overview.tpl | "COMPONENT SUMMARY" Details | Schema Overview | Component Summaries

XML Source Full XML source of the schema. schema-overview.tpl | "XML SOURCE" Details | Schema Overview | XML Source

Component Documentation

Any global component or local element component defined in one of the XML schemas included in the documentation scope can be documented with a separate Component Documentation file or block.

The “Component Documentation” is actually a generic name for different types of main documentation blocks generated for particular XSD component types. However, all such blocks are made of the same sections and their content is controlled by the same parameter group: Details | Component Documentation.

The following table shows all types of Component Documentation blocks that can be generated for particular types of components, the subtemplates generating them and the template parameters to control if such documentation should be generated.

Component Type Documentation Block Generated By Template Controlled By Parameters

Global / Local Elements

Element Documentation
element.tpl Generate Details | Elements

Complex Types

Complex Type Documentation
complexType.tpl Generate Details | Complex Types

Simple Types

Simple Type Documentation
simpleType.tpl Generate Details | Simple Types

Element Groups

Element Group Documentation
group.tpl Generate Details | Element Groups

Global Attributes

Attribute Documentation
attribute.tpl Generate Details | Global Attributes

Attribute Group

Attribute Group Documentation
attributeGroup.tpl Generate Details | Attribute Groups

The following screenshots show samples of Element Documentation, Element Group Documentation and Simple Type Documentation, where all those sections are employed (click to view the HTML):

The Component Documentation is built of the following sections:

Section Description

Component Profile The summary information about the component (such as which namespace it belongs to, where it is declared, type and content, etc.)
Generated For:

All components

Generated By Template: (depending on the component type)

elementProfile.tpl, typeProfile.tpl, groupProfile.tpl, attributeProfile.tpl, attributeGroupProfile.tpl

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | Component Profile

Content Model Diagram Shows a graphic diagram representation of the component content model.
Currently, the content model diagrams can be generated only by an extension of DocFlex/XML that employs the functionality provided by some other software (for instance, the integration with Altova XMLSpy; see "Integrations | XMLSpy" parameter group).
Generated For:

Elements

Complex Types

Element Groups

Generated By Template:

diagram.tpl

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | Content Model Diagram

See Also:

How everything is documented | Complex Content | Content Model | Content Model Diagram

XML Representation Summary Shows a schematic text representation of all possible XML constructions this component describes as well as how those constructions may look in an XML file.
Generated For:

All components

Generated By Template:

xmlRep.tpl

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | XML Representation Summary

See Also:

How everything is documented | Complex Content | Content Model | XML Representation Summary

Simple Content Detail Describes the simple content defined by (or associated with) this component.
Under the term "simple content", we mean any data that comply with one of the XSD basic datatypes (e.g. xs:string or xs:boolean). In the case of XML elements, such data may represent the content of some element. In the case of attributes, it is the attribute value.
Generated For:

Elements with simple content model.

Complex Types with simple content model.

All Simple Types. The simple content is exactly what a particular simple type defines.

All Global Attributes. The attribute value is a particular instance of simple content.

Generated By Template Section: (depending on the component type)

element.tpl | "Simple Contant Detail"

simpleType.tpl, complexType.tpl | "Simple Content Restrictions"

attribute.tpl | "Attribute Value Detail"

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | Simple Content Detail

See Also:

How everything is documented | Simple Content

Lists of Content Elements This list shows all elements declared in the Element Content Model of the given component. These are the same elements as shown in the Complex Content Model of the component's XML Representation Summary. However, unlike in the model representation, the elements in this list are ordered alphabetically, never repeat and hyper-linked directly to the corresponding Element Documentations.
Generated For:

Global / Local Elements

Complex Types

Element Groups

Generated By Template:

contentElementList.tpl

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | Content Elements

See Also:

How everything is documented | Complex Content

Lists of Containing Elements This list is generated only for Element Components, where it appears under the heading "Included in content model of elements". The list shows all elements whose content models explicitly include the given element. (Here, "explicitly" means that element wildcards are not taken into account.)
Generated For:

Global / Local Elements

Generated By Template Section:

element.tpl | "Lists of related elements" | "List of Containing Elements"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | Containing Elements

See Also:

How everything is documented | Global Elements, Local Elements

Lists of Substitutable Elements The list of elements this element may substitute for (that is, the given element may be used anywhere instead of the elements in the list).
This list will appear under the heading "May substitute for elements".
Generated For:

Global Elements

Generated By Template Section:

element.tpl | "Lists of related elements" | "List of elements this element may substitute for"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | Substitutable Elements

See Also:

How everything is documented | Global Elements | Substitution Groups

Lists of Substituting Elements The list of elements that may substitute for the given element. (These are the members of the substitution group headed by the given element.)
The list will appear under the heading "May be substituted with elements".
Generated For:

Global Elements

Generated By Template Section:

element.tpl | "Lists of related elements" | "List of elements this element may be substituted with"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | Substituting Elements

See Also:

How everything is documented | Global Elements | Substitution Groups

Lists of Possible Children By Substitutions The list of all known elements that may be included in the given element by substitutions.
In particular, the list shows all members of the substitution groups whose head elements are declared in the content model of the given element component.
The list will appear under the heading "May contain elements by substitutions".
Generated For:

Global / Local Elements

Generated By Template Section:

element.tpl | "Lists of related elements" | "List of possible children by substitutions"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | Children By Substitutions

See Also:

How everything is documented | Global Elements | Substitution Groups

Lists of Possible Parents By Substitutions The list of all known elements that may include the given element by substitutions.
In particular, the list shows all elements whose content models include the head element of a substitution group which the given element is member of.
The list will appear under the heading "May be included in elements by substitutions".
Generated For:

Global Elements

Generated By Template Section:

element.tpl | "Lists of related elements" | "List of possible parents by substitutions"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | Parents By Substitutions

See Also:

How everything is documented | Global Elements | Substitution Groups

List of Direct Subtypes The list of all known Simple/Complex Type components that are directly derived from the given Type component.
Note: A type is said to be directly derived from the given type, when its definition contains an explicit reference to the given type.
Generated For:

Simple Types

Complex Types

Generated By Template Section:

typeRelatedCompLists.tpl | "Known Direct Subtypes"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | Direct Subtypes

See Also:

How everything is documented | Types

List of Indirect Subtypes The list of all known Simple/Complex Type components that are indirectly derived from the given Type component.
Note: A type is said to be indirectly derived from the given type, when its definition contains no explicit references to the given type but a reference to a certain third type that is directly or indirectly derived from the given type.
Generated For:

Simple Types

Complex Types

Generated By Template Section:

typeRelatedCompLists.tpl | "Known Direct Subtypes"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | Indirect Subtypes

See Also:

How everything is documented | Types

List of All Based Elements This list is generated for each Simple/Complex Type component. It shows all elements whose type is either the given type itself or directly/indirectly derived from the given type.
Generated For:

Simple Types

Complex Types

Generated By Template Section:

typeRelatedCompLists.tpl | "All direct/indirect based elements"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | All Based Elements

See Also:

How everything is documented | Types, Global Elements, Local Elements

List of All Based Attributes This list is generated for each Simple Type component. It shows all attributes (defined both globally and locally) whose type is either the given type itself or directly/indirectly derived from the given type.
Generated For:

Simple Types

Generated By Template Section:

typeRelatedCompLists.tpl | "All direct/indirect based attributes"

Controlled By Parameter:

Details | Component Documentation | Lists of Related Components | All Based Attributes

See Also:

How everything is documented | Types, Attributes

Usage / Definition Locations For global components, this section (titled "Known Usage Locations") shows where and how the given component is used throughout all XML schemas included in the documentation.
For local elements, any usage locations are actually where the element is defined. So, the section is titled "Definition Locations". For more details, see How everything is documented | Local Elements.
Generated For:

All components

Generated By Template / Template Section: (depending on the component type)

typeUsage.tpl

element.tpl | "Usage / Definition Locations"

group.tpl | "Usage Locations"

attribute.tpl | "Usage locations"

attributeGroup.tpl | "Usage locations"

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | Usage / Definition Locations

Annotation This section displays the full annotation specified for the given component.
The annotation text is obtained from the <xs:documentation> elements found by the following path:
xs:component/xs:annotation/xs:documentation
where 'xs:component' is the particular XSD element which defines the component (e.g. xs:complexType). Multiple <xs:documentation> elements produce separate sections of the annotation text.
Generated For:

All components

Generated By Template:

annotation.tpl

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | Annotation

See Also:

How everything is documented | Annotations

Type Definition Detail This section shows the details about the definition of the type associated with (or represented by) the given component. It may include:

The Type Derivation Tree summary, which depicts how this type was derived from the most basic types.

The type annotation (which is generated in the case of an element or attribute component).

In the case of a simple type (or a complex type with simple content), this section may also include all details about how the datatype was derived including all facets and annotations to them.
Moreover, it is possible to document in that way the entire type derivation tree produced by all known XML schema components involved. This is controlled by “Details | Component Documentation | Type Definition Detail | Simple Content Derivation” parameter.

Generated For:

Global / Local Elements

Global Attributes

Simple Types

Complex Types

Generated By Template Section: (depending on the component type)

element.tpl | "TYPE DETAIL"

attribute.tpl | "TYPE DETAIL"

simpleType.tpl | "TYPE DEFINITION DETAIL"

complexType.tpl | "TYPE DEFINITION DETAIL"

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | Type Definition Detail

See Also:

How everything is documented | Types | Type Definition Detail

XML source The reproduced fragment of the XML schema source that defined the given component.
Generated For:

All components

Generated By Template:

nodeSource.tpl

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | XML Source

See Also:

How everything is documented | XML Source

Attribute Detail This section documents the attribute declarations (both specified within the component itself and inherited from its ancestors) that define the attribute model represented by the given component.
This may include:

Local attribute definitions

References to global attribute

Attribute wildcards

Prohibitions of attributes

Generated For:

Global / Local Elements

Complex Types

Attribute Groups

Generated By Template:

attributes.tpl

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | Attribute Detail

See Also:

How everything is documented | Complex Content, Attributes

Content Element Detail This section documents the element declarations (both specified within the component itself and inherited from its ancestors) that define the element content model represented by the given component.
This may include:

Local element definitions

References to global elements

Element wildcards

Generated For:

Global / Local Elements

Complex Types

Element Groups

Generated By Template:

contentElements.tpl

Controlled By Parameter Group:

Details | Component Documentation | Content Element Detail

See Also:

How everything is documented | Complex Content

XML Namespace Bindings

The XML Namespace Bindings block allows you to quickly find for any namespace prefix (including empty prefix) used in the source XSD documents all namespace URIs associated with that prefix and the locations where the corresponding namespace bindings are specified.

Here is how it looks in both HTML and RTF (click to see the real HTML or enlarge):

Generated By Template:

The XML Namespace Bindings block is generated by xmlns-bindings.tpl template.

Controlled By Parameter:

Whether to generate it is controlled by the template parameter: Generate Details | XML Namespace Bindings.

See Also:

How everything is documented | Namespaces

2. Framed HTML Documentation

In general, a framed documentation works as a sort of program, which is run by an HTML browser. It allows the user to easily navigate all the documented information and quickly find the necessary items.

Framed documentation consists of a number of ordinary HTML files (documents) associated with a special structure called frameset, which itself is defined in the documentation root file (normally 'index.html'). The frameset divides the browser window into several parts (sub-windows) called frames. Each frame displays a separate HTML document. Clicking on a hyperlink in one frame may result in loading a different document into this or another frame. All HTML documents are typically subdivided into those containing certain details and those that serve mainly as indexes and reference lists, so that each document can be loaded only in the specific frame associated with its role.

Frameset Structure

The framed XML schema documentation is generated by FramedDoc.tpl main template. That documentation is based on a frameset structure shown on this diagram (explained below):

Frame	Usage
Overview Frame	This is the primary navigation frame, which provides: The hyperlink to Overview Summary page that will be open directly in the Detail Frame. The hyperlink to All Components list, which is loaded in the List Frame. The hyperlink to the XML Namespace Bindings page to be open in the Detail Frame. The list of all documented namespaces with the hyperlinks to the secondary Namespace Components lists generated for each namespace. By clicking on a namespace, the corresponding component list will be loaded in the List Frame. The list of all documented XML schemas with the hyperlinks to the secondary Schema Components lists to be shown in the List Frame. Generated By Template: This frame is loaded only once per a start to display the same document generated by overview-frame.tpl template. Controlled By Parameter: The generation of the Overview Frame is controlled by the “Navigation \| Overview Frame” parameter.
List Frame	This frame is used to display one of the second-level navigation pages associated with a particular selection in the Overview Frame. This includes: The list of all components. The list of all XML schemas and components that target/belong to a particular namespace. The list of components defined in a particular XML schema. Controlled By Parameter: Using “Navigation \| List Frame” parameter you can specify which of those navigation lists will be initially loaded in this frame.
Detail Frame	This frame is used to display the actual documentation content, which may be one of the main blocks (pages): Overview Summary All Component Summary Namespace Overview Schema Overview Component Documentation XML Namespace Bindings Controlled By Parameter: Using “Navigation \| Detail Frame” parameter you can specify which of those pages will be initially loaded in this frame.

Navigation Lists

These pages are generated only in the case of framed documentation to be displayed in the List Frame according to a particular selection in the Overview Frame. Any documents hyperlinked from those pages will be open in the Detail Frame.

List/Page

Description

All Components This page shows all global components and local elements defined throughout all XML schemas being documented.
On the top, there is “All Components” header, which is hyperlinked to the All Component Summary page.
The component list is broken into separate groups according to component types (e.g. elements, complexTypes etc). Using the corresponding “Navigation | List Frame | All Components | {Component Types}” parameters, you can specify the components of which types should be included in the list. The sorting order of components within a type group is controlled by the “Navigation | List Frame | All Components | Sorting” parameter.
Each component list item is hyperlinked to the corresponding Component Documentation page with the detailed information about the component.
Alternatively, using the “Navigation | List Frame | All Components | Link To” parameter, you can redirect the component hyperlinks to the definitions of those components within the reproduced full XML schema source, which is included in the Schema Overview. That effectively will allow you to use the component list as an index to your XML schema source.
Generated By Template:
all-components-frame.tpl
Controlled By Parameter Group:
Navigation | List Frame | All Components

Namespace This page is generated for every documented namespace. It shows all XML schemas that target the given namespace and all global components and local elements that belong to it.
The namespace URI displayed on the top of the page is hyperlinked to the corresponding Namespace Overview generated for that namespace.
Otherwise, everything is organized the same as in the case of All Components page and can be similarly customized.
Generated By Template:
namespace-frame.tpl
Controlled By Parameter Group:
Navigation | List Frame | Namespace

Schema This page is generated for every XML schema being documented and may list all global components and local elements defined in it.
The schema file name is displayed on the top of the page and hyperlinked to the corresponding Schema Overview generated for that XML schema.
Otherwise, everything is organized the same as in the case of All Components page and can be similarly customized.
Generated By Template:
schema-frame.tpl
Controlled By Parameter Group:
Navigation | List Frame | Schema

3. Single File Documentation

[this section will be written soon]