So far, I did not see answers. So I try to add my 2 cents. what are the systems that use XML? ... Well, I don't know for sure. But I would say the common suspects: Windows, Linux, AIX as well as smart phones and other manager tamagoccies. The one I know is z/OS. But not only since V1R11: I was responsible for XML Toolkit in a z/OS installation from about 2002 to 2007. Today, I lost track a little bit. From IBM's internet page on XML for z/OS, I saw current version is V1R10 from 2009. May be IBM placed it into BCP starting with z/OS V1R11. I would be happy to read more details about this. XML support has been implemented in several z/OS components. As one example, RACF has a lot of XML features.
In case you do not know about XML at all: XML is interesting for exchanging data across different system architectures. An XML file always starts with a description, in which coded character set the data is represented. It's like file tagging in z/OS Unix HFS. The data is well structured and therefore can be checked, parsed, evaluated etc. very easily from a software development point of view. XML Toolkit is a set of such functions (OO folks call it 'methods') available for Java and C++. I was told CoBOL has built-in support for XML. From my experiences, whenever it's about 'web', you'll stumble across XML sooner or later (for example 'server.xml' in WebSphere). Cheers Michael Von: John Norgauer <[email protected]> An: [email protected] Datum: 2012-02-03 18:07 Betreff: XML Gesendet von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Our z/OS 1.11 system has XML installed and I was wondering... what are the systems that use XML? Thanks John Norgauer Senior Systems Programmer Mainframe Technical Support Services University of California Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd ASB 1300 Sacramento, Ca 95817 916-734-0536 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING...... Guilty, until proven innocent !! " JN 2004 ........ "Hardware eventually breaks - Software eventually works" anon ........ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
