RE: SGML to XML

Thank you both for your helpful replies, I will try out your suggestions as
soon as I can.

Thanks,
Graeme



>
> Another option is OpenSP:
>
> http://openjade.sourceforge.net/doc/index.htm
>
> In particular, look at the documentation on osx. I've been using this
> to convert old "SGML-based" Open Financial Exchange (.ofx) files to
> XML with good results.
>
> Tip: the completeness of your DTD and SGML declaration will greatly
> impact the quality of the output XML. osx will apply a default SGML
> declaration if you don't specify one, but you may not get the results
> you need, especially where omitted end tags and nesting are concerned.
>
> If you need to make structural changes to the document in addtion to
> converting to XML, then you could use XSLT for a subsequent XML-to-XML
> step, eg:
>
> SGML --(osx)--> "converted" XML --(XSLT)--> target XML
>
> Kevin Bray
>
>
> Quoting "G. Ken Holman" :
>
>> At 2009-02-25 14:57 +0000, Graeme Kidd wrote:
>>> Is it possible to convert a SGML file to XML using XSLT?
>>
>> No, SGML is not a valid input to XSLT.
>>
>>> Currently I am using AltovaXML free XSLT 2.0 engine:
>>> http://www.altova.com/altovaxml.html
>>>
>>> I have a feeling it might not be able to read in SGML so does any
>>> one have any suggestion on applications that can help me convert
>>> SGML to XML?
>>
>> There is a free one on our web site called "n2x" (for "nsgmls to XML"):
>>
>> http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/resources/#n2x
>>
>>> If applications like that do exist will they use XSLT to transform
>>> or am I looking at some other language?
>>
>> Some other language ... SGML is not a valid input to XSLT.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> . . . . . . . . . Ken
>
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