Formatting XML Data

[Derek Bump]

Hello Bridger,

It must have been 2 week ago that I was asking the list the very same
question.  The answers I got were excellent and put a lot of my
questions to rest.

First, you should check out Sarah Reichelt's excellent demo for revXML,
which is located at:  http://www.troz.net/Rev/tutorials/XMLdemo1.rev.gz

After that, check out Ken Ray's XML Parsing Library, which is located
at: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

And finally, I quote Bill Marriott:
> The problem with XML is that people can do any old thing they want with it. 
> While the RULES are ridiculously strict, the implementations can drive you 
> nuts. For example, look at the cookies.plist file on a Mac. It has a really 
> wacky setup that I think makes it all but impossible to parse with the 
> RevXML library without "walking" through it. Its something like:
> 
> <person>
>   <attributes>
>     <field>Name</field>
>     <value>Bill</value>
>     <field>EyeColor</field>
>     <value>Blue</value>
>   </attributes>
> </person>
> 
> Whereas the Rev library seems to make it easier to do something like:
> 
> <person name="Bill" eyecolor="blue" />
> 
> To be honest, I usually poke around in Sarah's stack and then figure out 
> which function(s) I need through trial and error. It's just harder for me to 
> "visualize" what I want to accomplish with XML.
> 
> I can say that once you figure out what two or three commands you need to 
> use to parse an XML file, it's way faster than using chunk expressions or 
> some other method.

I hope that helps!


Derek Bump
Dreamscape Software
http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com/



Bridger Maxwell wrote:
> Hey, I am a first time XML user, just testing it out.  I noticed that
> the text returned by the revXMLText() function has no formatting
> (returns, tabs) and isn't very easy to read.  Is there a way to
> format this so it is easier to read, or would it be best to keep the
> XML how it is now?  I am not sure what the standard is, but I thought
> XML should be formatted to be easy to read, like HTML.
> 
> 
> TTFN Bridger Maxwell Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center 
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