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Like many other SharePoint users, I’ve had to create a custom list definition. After much trouble, I’ve managed to create one (I think, let me get through all the errors first), but is there a ‘basic’ schema out there I can start with, or a purpose built editor for Schema.xml generation?
To create custom list definition I always use some built in list definition as template.
Create new feature then copy schema.xml (maybe some other files also if present) from existing feature and modify schema.xml file directly with some text editor. I don’t have tried any custom editor for that and always get work done with copy-paste and changing attributes values.
Built in list definitions are located in 12 hive as features: