---
name: "jing"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jing"
version: "20241231+repack-1~deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jing"
---

# jing(1)

validate an XML document using a RELAX NG schema

## NAME

jing - validate an XML document using a RELAX NG schema

## SYNOPSIS

**jing** \[**-cfit**\] \[**-e** *encoding*\] *rng-file* \[*xml-file*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

If *rng-file* is a correct RELAX NG schema and each *xml-file* is a well-formed XML document that is valid with respect to *rng-file*, then **jing** will be silent and terminate with a status of 0. Otherwise, **jing** will report one or more errors to the standard output and will terminate with a status of 1. Both *rng-file* and *xml-file* can be filenames or URIs.

## OPTIONS

- **-c**

  Uses the compact syntax for the schema.

- **-e** *enc*

  Uses the encoding *enc* to read the schema.

- **-f**

  Checks that the document is feasibly valid. A document is feasibly valid if it could be transformed into a valid document by inserting any number of attributes and child elements anywhere in the tree. This is equivalent to transforming the schema by wrapping every **data**, **list**, **element** and **attribute** element in an **optional** element and then validating against the transformed schema. This option may be useful while a document is still under construction. This option also disables checking that for every IDREF there is a corresponding ID.

- **-i**

  Disables checking of ID/IDREF/IDREFS. By default, Jing enforces the constraints imposed by RELAX NG DTD Compatibility with respect to ID/IDREF/IDREFS.

- **-t**

  Prints the time used by Jing for loading the schema and for validation.

## SEE ALSO

[trang(1)](/trang/1.md)

http://relaxng.org

## AUTHOR

James Clark (jjc@jclark.com)

This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).