ascii to xml

[gsbsuds]

i am a developer that is new to xml. at my work i have been tasked with trying to genereate XML from an ascii file which is tab delimited, and each line ends with a hard return. i need to be able to map this file to XML. are there any open source tools out there that can do this for me.

thanks for the assistance.

 

[tgreer]

You have to start with a schema. You have to, in other words, decide on a system of tags and properties that make sense for your particular data.

If the "ascii data" is:

Thomas D. Greer/tProgrammer/tPostScript/tPDF/CRLF

Then you might want a XML document that looks like:

<RECORD>
<Name>Thomas D. Greer</Name>
<Profession>Programmer</Profession>
<Specialities>
<Specialty>PostScript</Specialty>
<Specialty>PDF</Specialty>
</Specialties>
</RECORD>

And transforming one format to the other is a simple task in any programming language that can perform basic file i/o.



Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting