> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hare > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 2:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: strange request: EBNF desc of JCL? > > > 1. Do you mean ABNF?
I had never heard of this. I found some sites via Google and will see if I understand it better than I do EBNF. They look to be "cousins". > > 2. How about an XSLT to take JCL and transform it into XML; > you can then > go from XML to just about anything else. I have heard of XSLT, but don't know anything about it. Can it process JCL? I thought it was an XML transformer. JCL is definately not XML. But it may be easier to convert JCL to an XML format than I had thought of. > > 3. Maye there should be an XML schema / DTD for JCL which > _also_ includes > scheduling information; I for one would love to see scheduler > info in a > standard data format, so I could export from one scheduler > and import into > another if management decides that some other scheduler is "superior" > (read: the salesman offered us a cheaper price or showed us a > pretty GUI) I don't know enough about what should be in a scheduling schema to have any idea. But it is unlikely to ever happen unless it is done by "one of us". I cannot image the software vendors doing anything like this. Well, at least not if they market a scheduling system. Microsoft is not the only company that likes to "lock in" their customers by making it too expensive to convert to something else. > > > Tim Hare -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
