Timothy,
As I stated in my email, "this is a well-formed XML file". That is to say,
that it is syntactically correct. For every start tag, there is an end tag,
etc. However, this has nothing to do with actually parsing the file. That is
a different matter entirely. IE, is, after all a MS product, and the default
parser in XML Spy 3.5 is MSXML. If you have an XML parser, other than MS's
XML parser, try to run it and you will see that the file will not parse(you
can change the default parser in XML Spy 3.5 under settings, after you
install the parser, if you don't want to run command line). This discussion
began with the pitfalls/dangers of application specific vs. industry
"standards". A BizTalk XML file is MS application specific.
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Whelan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 12:32 PM
To: Williams, Brad
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: xmledi-group Digest for 24 Apr 2001 in hour 22:00
In light of your remark, it is interesting that IE 5.5 and XMLSPY 3.5
both parse this document; that is to say, they treat it as it
well-formed and present it in their usual fashion, which I interpret
as their being able to parse it.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Williams; Brad) AT INTERNET on
04/26/2001 11:43 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT INTERNET@CCMAIL
cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AT INTERNET@CCMAIL (bcc: Timothy
Whelan/ATISMD/ALLTEL)
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Robin,
Below is an example of a BizTalk document. While this is a well formed
XML
document, the only way that I was able to parse this structure was by
applying a style sheet and manipulating the data prior to running
through
the parser.
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-instance";>
<SOAP-ENV:Header>
<eps:endpoints SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1"
xmlns:eps="
http://schemas.biztalk.org/btf-2/endpoints";
xmlns:agr="
http://www.trading-agreements.org/types/";>
<eps:to>
<eps:address xsi:type="agr:department">Book
Orders</eps:address>
</eps:to>
<eps:from>
<eps:address xsi:type="agr:organization">Book
Lovers</eps:address>
</eps:from>
</eps:endpoints>
<prop:properties SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1"
xmlns:prop="http://schemas.biztalk.org/btf-2-0/properties";>
<prop:identity>uuid:74b9f5d0-33fb-4a81-b02b-5b760641c1d6</prop:identit
y>
<prop:sentAt>2000-05-14T03:00:00+08:00</prop:sentAt>
<prop:expiresAt>2000-05-15T04:00:00+08:00</prop:expiresAt>
<prop:topic>http://electrocommerce.org/purchase_order/</prop:topic>
</prop:properties>
</SOAP-ENV:Header>
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<po:PurchaseOrder
xmlns:po="http://electrocommerce.org/purchase_order/";>
<po:Title>Essential BizTalk</po:Title>
</po:PurchaseOrder>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Anson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: xmledi-group Digest for 24 Apr 2001 in hour 22:00
Brad, Rachel
Thanks for forwarding your interchange of ideas to the list, it was
most
instructive.
One point that particularly concerned me was when Brad wrote:
>However, run a BizTalk document through Xerces, or whichever parser
you
>like-validating or not-and it will choke, unless it is MS's BizTalk
parser.
>A BizTalk message looks nothing like XML Version 1.0. Whereas an X12
850
and
>an 810 are clearly of the same standard.
Now I haven't looked closely at BizTalk DTDs and software, I follow
the
development of XML/EDI very much at a high level. This comment though
rings
major alarm bells to me. Could you, Brad, or someone else give me a
more
detailed explanation of how BizTalk fails to look like XML Version 1.0
and
why a BizTalk message must be run through a BizTalk parser?
Robin Anson
eCommerce Consultant
PO Box 572, Eltham, Victoria, Australia 3095
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel: 04 1938 1900
Every exit is an entry somewhere.
- Tom Stoppard
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