Processing XML : a rewriting system approach

• Author(s): Simões, Alberto ; Almeida, J. J.
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/15967
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): XML; rewritting system
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

SIMÕES, Alberto ; CRUZ, Daniela da ; RAMALHO, José Carlos, ed. lit. – “XATA 2010 XML : associated technologies and applications, 8, Vila do Conde, 2010”. [S.l. : s.n.], 2010. ISBN 978-972-99166-9-4. Nowadays XML processing is performed using one of two approaches: using the SAX (Simple API for XML) or using the DOM (Document Ob ject Model). While these two approaches are adequate for most cases there are situations where other approaches can make the solution easier to write, read and, therefore, to maintain. This document presents a rewriting approach for XML documents processing, focusing the tasks of transforming XML documents (into other XML formats or other textual documents) and the task of rewriting other textual formats into XML dialects. These approaches were validated with some case studies, ranging from an XML authoring tool to a dictionary publishing mechanism.