RE: Fwd: Merging XML files

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Subject: RE: Fwd: Merging XML files
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:29:50 -0000

> However, just looking for diffs between the two files, 
> perfectly equivalent nodes in both files which are spelled or 
> ordered differently end up being duplicated in the output.

Looking for diffs is quite a challenging task. The first job is to specify
it clearly. For example, the concept of "perfectly equivalent nodes which
are spelled differently" seems an odd one. You need to define your notion of
"perfect equivalence" rather precisely.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


> I am new into xsl programming and unfortunately, the examples 
> I found on the web would not work for me. How can I 
> accomplish this task from the command line using, say, Saxon?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Rodrigo
> 
> ----------------------FILE 1-----------------------
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <annotation 
> xml_tb_version="3.1">
>   <head>
>     <specification src="fileName">
>     </specification>
>   </head>
>   <body>
>     <track name="trackName" type="primary">
>       <el index="0" start="0.04" end="6">
>         <attribute name="AA">-0.78691</attribute>
>         <attribute name="BB">activ</attribute>
>         <attribute name="CC">0.5374</attribute>
>         <attribute name="DD">0.7794</attribute>
>         <attribute name="EE">0.08231</attribute>
>         <attribute name="FF">0.9171</attribute>
>       </el>
>     </track>
>   </body>
> </annotation>
> 
> ----------------------FILE 2-----------------------
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <annotation>
>   <head>
>     <specification src=" fileName" />
>   </head>
>   <body>
>     <track name="anotherTrackName" type="primary">
>       <el index="0" start=" 7.24" end="8.52">
>         <attribute name="type">preparation</attribute>
>       </el>
>     </track>
>     <track name="trackName" type="primary">
>       <el index="0" start="0.04" end="6">
>         <attribute name="EE">0.08231</attribute>
>         <attribute name="AA">- 0.78691</attribute>
>         <attribute name="FF">0.9171</attribute>
>         <attribute name="CC">0.5374</attribute>
>         <attribute name="DD">0.7794 </attribute>
>         <attribute name="BB">activ</attribute>
>       </el>
>     </track>
>   </body>
> </annotation>

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