Altova has created the unique SchemaAgent 2008 to help developers and information architects visualize, combine, and control their schemas in an intuitive, standards-conformant manner. This program is a graphical schema administration software that allows you to view a collection of schemas as a pool of resources. SchemaAgent also allows you to view schemas used as data sources and/or targets in Altova MapForce data mapping designs. As shown in the diagram above, SchemaAgent includes the SchemaAgent client and a SchemaAgent Server. The SchemaAgent Server is installed on one computer in your workgroup and can be configured to connect to any standard file repository on your network or on the Internet.Once the SchemaAgent Server is configured with your desired file paths, it builds an internal map of the relationships between all schemas (.XSD) and MapForce mapping design files (.MFD) in the defined server paths. Any number of SchemaAgent clients may connect to the SchemaAgent Server to have access to all these schemas. Alternatively, for users who don’t need to manage schemas in a team environment, the SchemaAgent client can stand alone and function without the SchemaAgent Server installed. This way, a single user can simply specify the required file paths and access XML Schemas and MapForce mappings directly in the SchemaAgent client.Here are some key features of "Altova SchemaAgent":