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I am an Application tool/framework developer/integrator. I sit (sort of) half-way between XML Parser-writers and XML tool-vendors. I developed a pseudo-DOM system, using the DocumentHandler mechanism of any available SAX parser, which creates 'lightweight' DOM objects specifically designed for data-processing. The DOM objects implement the required interface, but not all of the methods 'do' things. Another set of interfaces provides a 'data-oriented' view on the DOM structures (and it is this which the lwDOM is optimised for). This allows me to use DOM-based tools (XSLT etc), but removes the neccessity for programmers to learn/use the DOM directly. I see XML Schema (among other things) as providing great opportunities in this domain - data-types/constraints/ranges etc., but I don't have a clear view of how this will be integrated. I have 3 immediate questions (not all of which need to be answered at once :-) : 1) how are the (real) XML developers approaching XML Schema? Will it be transparent to applications, and just constrain the data as per DTD's or will the meta-data be available - if so, in what form? 2) given the fragmentation of DTD definitions in any given market (mine particularly with FpML, FIXML, FinML, BizTalk etc.) is anyone addressing general tools for mapping between these - and what are the issues that are being tackled? 3) are there any discussions going on about how to map between different formats programatically? I can imagine RDF being used, but then there needs to be agreement on meta-meta-data(!) - and I can't imagine (see 2 above) people agreeing on anything much when it's a core business differentiator (read tie-in/revenue opportunity) to have a proprietary format. Thanks tim ********************************************************************* The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of The Capital Markets Company. http://www.capitalmarketscompany.com *********************************************************************** xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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