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> >> > >are these the same xml formats coming from the various exchanges? knowing > this > >would significantly affect my response. Do these exhanges update their data > at > >the same or varying rates? > > > > > I do not think that the input format is the same as the output > format, otherwise they would not speak about transformations. I was not suggesting that the input format is the same as the output format, I was talking about if the input format from every exchange is the same. let us suppose that these exchanges are sending rss, one might be outputting rss 1.0 an rdf/xml based format, another rss 2.0 an xml format with the possibility of extension via namespaces, another rss 0.90 and so forth. > >agreed however the question specifically mentions generating output XML > not > >output Html, which caused me to question several aspects of the proposed > >problem. > > > You can read XHTML instead of HTML and that would solve the problem. > > > >Also I would say that JIT transformation also opens possibility of > >tailoring responses to each client need. Hence my saying that I would > probably > >prefer to use JIT, when you have a JIT solution it becomes easier to build > more > >services etc. on top of it from my experience. > > > > > The problem is performance and not the flexibility of your solution. true, but I don't think the problem was described clearly enough to make a proper response vis-a-vis performance. I hate it when they do that :) > >Was this on an IBM quiz? I looked over their sample questions one time. I > was > >annoyed. > > > > > It's a quiz for the IBM 141 exam I thought so.
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