rnginline

rnginline is a Python library and command line tool for flattening multi-file RELAX NG schemas into a single file, taking care not to change the semantics of the schema.

It works by implementing just enough of the RELAX NG simplification rules to replace <include href="…"> / <externalRef href="…"> elements with the content of the external files they reference.

It can be used:

  • As part of a build workflow to merge RELAX NG schemas ahead of time
  • At runtime as a Python library to load multi-file schemas stored as data files in Python packages (lxml doesn’t support loading multi-file schemas from anything other than the filesystem.)