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Re: X12 sees the writing on the wall.
Is the process of parsing really more complicated or are we still leaning
both the desirable structures for XML usage and working out the kinks in the
standardization process, same regardless of syntax?
Len
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Svensson" <
To: "EDI-L Mailing List" < "William J. Kammerer"
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Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:42 AM
Subject: Re: [EDI-L] X12 sees the writing on the wall.
> William You wrote:
>
> > I must disagree, Bill, with your bit about "parsing is the easy
> > part--even in EDI!" Parsing EDI is a lot more complicated (than parsing
> > XML), what with all the travails involved with separators and
> > terminators, elements, composites, segments and loops.
>
> and
>
> > On the other hand, XML is so no-nonsense strict
> > about structure and format that this loosey-goosiness never arises.
>
> XML is not that easy to parse:
> - Strict about structures -> Groups in XML comes in strange flavours
> sometimes
> ALL group -> children may come in any order - group can not be
repetitive
> CHOICE group -> only just one child may occur - may be repetitive
> - Entities
> - xml:spaces -> DEFAULT -> ignore ignore lead-in and ending white spaces
> -> PRESERVE -> preserve all white spaces
> - Comments everywere
>
> and so on ( a lot of small details)
>
> Regards
> Kurt Svensson (who wrote our EDIFACT, X12, XML parsers)
> Inobiz AB
> www.inobiz.com
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