On 03/15/2002 05:15:12 AM "Florian Boehme" wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>is anyone able to tell me, if it is possible to use XSLT to convert data
>from one XML schema, to another one, e.g. ebXML to cXML?
OT for this list, but that's not the first time...
This is a two-part question:
1) XSLT is certainly able to transform one set of XML tags into another
(or even convert XML tags into some other flavour of markup). At that
level, it can certainly do what you are asking.
2) The ability of XSLT *or any other* transduction processor to convert
one data representation into another depends upon the underlying
conceptual models of the two. For example, if the source schema conceives
of a postal address as atomic (an unanalysable entity with no internal
structure other than text) and the target schema conceives of a postal
address as a number of distinct entities with particular logical
relationships between them, then neither XSLT nor any other tool can
convert the one into the other.
- Peter
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