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Subject: Re: [xsl] Testing 2 XML documents for equality - a solution From: Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:36:23 -0800 (PST) |
Hi Dimitre, Please read my response below your comments.. > Two XML documents will be considered > equal > > if all their nodes are identical(i.e. element, > text, > > attribute, namespace etc). > > This is not a precise definition of "document > equality". oh! Please don't take my definition of "document equality" from a pure mathematical view point. Its not as in "is 2=3 ?" . Did you got that impression from my definition? I meant that 2 XML documents will be equal if they have identical node structure. i.e. abstract structure of 2 documents should be identical and not at byte stream level(this was not my goal). Another definition for the problem I am trying to solve would be, XML documents will be same if they *look similar* in a text editor like nodepad.. so, document <x> <a i="1"> </x> will be equivalent to <x> <a i="1"> </x> but not to <x> <a i="2"> </x> Yet another definition that applies to my problem would be ! 2 documents will be equal if they produce same output by an XSLT identity transform.. The "same, equivalent" are better words than "equal" to the problem I was trying to solve.. > Trying to solve an imprecisely formulated problem is > not a > well-founded and understood activity. True! > Generally, there is no solution to incorrectly > formulated problems, > therefore lets return to solving real problems. > :) Of course Regards, Mukul > Cheers, > Dimitre Novatchev __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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