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RE: xml diff?

• From: "Michael Kay" <M.H.Kay@e...>
• To: <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:30:49 -0000

>
> There is a really "dumb" but sometimes useful approach at the
> purely text level.
>
> You can use Unix diff more or less as follows:
> [ (1-4) normalize the XML text ]
> (5) use Unix diff on the two processed files

You could of course use James Clark's "canonical XML" normalizer to achieve
steps 1-4.

Mike Kay


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