Has anyone used XML Junction? Comments?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Foerster [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: xmledi-group Digest for 24 Apr 2001 in hour 22:00
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> My understanding is that any XML parser should at a minimum be able to
> parse
> a well-formed XML document. Well-formed basically is matching start/end
> tags
> and start/end tags that don't overlap. By parsing I would expect that the
> parser would extract the content of the containers and make it available
> for
> a down stream application.
>
> On the other hand, a validating parser should not only be able to parse a
> well-formed XML document, but also "validate" that well-formed document
> against the specified DTD or Schema. So, this leads me to conclude that
> when
> acquiring an XML parser one should make sure one understands their
> requirements for processing XML documents which should include what
> schemas
> does one reasonably expect to have to validate against, and then ensure
> that
> the parser you're evaluating can validate against the schemas you require.
>
> The W3C DTD spec may be sufficient, or it may not be, depending on what
> your
> requirements are.
>
> As with everything, first know/document your requirements and then
> evaluate/select solutions that satisfy the requirements to an acceptable
> level.
>
> Rachel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: G. Hussain Chinoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 3:54 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: xmledi-group Digest for 24 Apr 2001 in hour 22:00
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>
>
>
> I don't follow this? Do you mean 'validate' not 'parse', meaning that a
> non-MS XML parser could read the document, but since there's no DTD and
> that the Schema specified in the namespaces are beyond 'XML 1.0
> Validation' that the "proper" business logic would not be extracted?
>
> Using my highest level language (other than pseudo-code :), it seems to
> parse out ok:
>
> http://ix.granularity.net/test/test.biztalkexample.cfm
>
> h
>
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Williams, Brad wrote:
>
> > 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
>
>
>
>
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