It depends on many factors.. As others said 1. Storage space - XML will need enormous disk space due to size of data. 2. Maintainability - its tedious to maintain XML maps unless they have very similar format with the respective input/output data 3. Performance: As XML map is larger, and data goes through XML parser, it will need few more milliseconds to complete than that of flat-file 4. Readability: XML is more readable than that of positonal.. (How many times you need to read the data? Error report will anyway tell you where the problem is.) 5. XSLT: XML->Flat file and vice versa, I wonder if you'll use it much in short.. if you have loads of money to spend, go for XML otherwise stick with good old flat-file format. my 5 Cents . Regards, Dhiraj
--- On Mon, 1/24/11, vu.lynn <[email protected]> wrote: From: vu.lynn <[email protected]> Subject: [EDI-L] GIS/SI mapping question: xml or positional format? To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 1:58 PM EDI environment: SI 5.06 (GIS) with Oracle database. We're going to migrate our EDI/GIS system in which we need to remap all GIS maps. Currently we are using both xml and positional formats. In the new system, we need to choose one standard mapping format. My question to SI (GIS) experts in EDI-L group: What format do you prefer (xml or positional format)? And what is advantage of chosing one format over the other? TIA, LV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
