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RE: merge mode for XML
From: |
Paul Sander |
Subject: |
RE: merge mode for XML |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:43:10 -0700 |
Once again, take a look at message ID# address@hidden
posted to this forum on September 16, 2001. It illustrates one way (though
perhaps not the best way) to do just this. It relies on a lookup table that
looks up a diff tool given a file's name.
A better implementation would be to code a symbolic name for the merge tool
in a newphrase in the admin section the RCS file, and look up that symbolic
name on the client to locate the proper tool.
>--- Forwarded mail from address@hidden
>> A better approach is to avoid XML entirely in the first place
>> -- it's a
>> really really horrid syntax with all kinds of goo that's usually way
>> over-kill for the application, being SGML based and all that....
>I agree that XML is overkill, but the truth is that it is here to stay.
>XML is fastly becoming excepted as the defacto standard for data exchange.
>Opto 22 makes machine control sensors / PLC that publishes data in XML.
>Semen's is doing similar things from what I understand. Java uses XML for
>all of the enterprise application descriptors. It seems that I can't
>interface to machines, or program without looking at XML.
>If CVS had away to use modular plug in "diff" and "merge" programs, we could
>setup a wrapper file that would automatically diff/merge the file
>differently based on the extension. e.g.:
>*.xml xml_dm
>*.html html_dm
>This way we could write our own diff programs without having to understand
>all the complexities of tying into CVS code seamlessly. Interfacing is much
>easier. We could even take the XML diff/merge programs that are already
>available and just write wrappers for them. No point in reinventing the
>wheel here.
>--- End of forwarded message from address@hidden
- RE: merge mode for XML, (continued)
- RE: merge mode for XML,
Paul Sander <=
- RE: merge mode for XML, Sean Hager, 2002/04/30
- RE: merge mode for XML, Greg A. Woods, 2002/04/30
- RE: merge mode for XML, Noel Yap, 2002/04/30
- Re: merge mode for XML, Paul Sander, 2002/04/30
- RE: merge mode for XML, Gary Bisaga, 2002/04/29
- RE: merge mode for XMLp, Joi Ellis, 2002/04/29
- RE: merge mode for XMLp, Gary Bisaga, 2002/04/29
- RE: merge mode for XML, Greg A. Woods, 2002/04/29
- RE: merge mode for XML, Noel Yap, 2002/04/29
- RE: merge mode for XML, Greg A. Woods, 2002/04/29