“Which came first,” begins an old joke. But the more interesting question might be, “does it even matter?” There are many obvious and several not-so-obvious ways in which the order of items (be they XML elements or attributes, or JSON maps or arrays) can be understood to be significant or insignificant. These are not new questions and how they’re answered plays out across vocabulary design, schema design, and individual documents. They are important questions when it comes deciding if two documents are “the same” or “different” and to what extent.
This paper challenges the one-size-fits-all decree in XML that order needs to be preserved and reviews the implications of ‘order’.
JSON is now a widely used format for data both in web applications and more generally. However, systems and APIs that exchange JSON haven’t been able to take advantage of tracking tools. Can this be helped by processing JSON as XML?
This paper describes how a divide-and-conquer approach might be used to handle the complex markup structure that results from recording multiple variants of an historical document in a single XML document.
Presented at Tekom 2020, Product Director Tristan Mitchell demonstrates how to create additional revenue around your document-based products by providing value-add to your customers.
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WHERE CHANGE MATTERS
From ISO Quality Services Ltd.
