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On Fri, 2023-05-19 at 08:37 +0000, Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Folks, > > In certain domains loss of life may occur if data is > altered/corrupted in any way. > > Suppose you write an XSLT program which transforms this: > > <alt>12000 feet</alt> > > to this: > > <altitude>12000 feet</altitude> Or you changed <alt unit="feet">1200</alt> into <alt unit="metres">1200</alt> which might not be seen in a text comparison... So you have to write tests. Round-tripping can mask errors, and writing tests with the same software used for transforms can also mask errors. There is no single complete answer. -- Liam Quin,B https://www.delightfulcomputing.com/ Available for XML/Document/Information Architecture/XSLT/ XSL/XQuery/Web/Text Processing/A11Y training, work & consulting. Barefoot Web-slave, antique illustrations: B http://www.fromoldbooks.org
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