Why XML data typing is hard

[John Cowan]

Joel Bender wrote:

> How about a new layer between XML and the application?  The layer (a)
> filters SAX-like 'messages' (function/procedure calls) from the parser to
> the application and applies patterns to data as necessary, generating new
> messages

Did you say "filters SAX"?  Head to my web page (see below) to get
hold of a useful framework.

> or (b) can be applied to a DOM implementation to check the
> validity of a document more completely.

Also on that page: DOMParser, which walks a DOM and generates
SAX events from it.
 

> I assume that date formats have even more variations than numbers, at least
> until there is agreement on a stardate!

Actually ISO 8601 is slowly gaining on its competitors, and has a
good chance of winning.

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