On Mar 11, 2007, at 12:07 PM, David Huynh wrote: > Edzo A. Botjes wrote: >> Dear mr General, >> >> (Sir yes Sir) >> > :-) > >> Sorry for that. But I do have serious question, but probably a >> dump one. >> I have an xml file that i want to convert to a jason file using >> babel. >> >> This XML structure is the one I use, but babel transforms this >> into an >> empty js file. >> >> <collection> >> <items> >> <label> some value </label> >> <type> some value </type> >> <function> some value </function> >> <unit> some value </unit> >> <date> some value </date< >> </items> >> <items>..</items> >> <items>..</items> >> </collection> >> >> What structure should I use for babel to understand? >> > Unfortunately, Babel can't convert from generic XML. There is a fixed > list of formats... including RDF/XML, N3, tab separated values, > etc. Is > it easy for you to convert your XML to tab separated values (just a > spreadsheet)?
Making Babel GRDDL [1] aware would make for a very interesting / powerful service. Edzo, would it be possible to associate a transformation with your instance data and/or schema? --e [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/grddl/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
