Change Control for XML: Do It Right

»Robin La Fontaine, »DeltaXML (Monsell EDM Ltd.)

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Abstract

How do you manage changes to your XML data? In XML, standard tools fail to identify changes precisely, meaningfully and completely. Learn how to solve this problem intelligently, representing changes in an XML format that allows downstream processing in an XML pipeline.

This presentation explains the issues and shows how DeltaXML addresses each. More importantly, the presentation will show you how you can identify new opportunities made possible by intelligent handling of changes to your XML data.

DeltaXML provides a proven technology for identifying changes to your XML data and documents and represents those changes in XML. Whether your need is for content management, versioning, regression testing of XML software, data synchronization or B2B exchange, DeltaXML provides the most comprehensive system for change control of your XML data.

DeltaXML has redefined the benchmark for XML differencing. Its solutions have been selected by teams at Cisco, IBM, Electronic Arts, Cognos, Intelliden and Wolters Kluwer.

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»Compare Diff Difference Change Delta.

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Biography

»Robin La Fontaine

»DeltaXML (Monsell EDM Ltd.)

»Worcester, Worcestershire

»United Kingdom

Email: robin@monsell.co.uk

Web: http://www.deltaxml.com

Robin La Fontaine has a degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford and a Masters degree in Computer Science. His company has, over the last few years, developed a method for representing changes in XML documents and data in XML and this is implemented as DeltaXML. Robin has contributed to the STEP XML Working Group within ISO (ISO10303). He has been project manager of several European research projects including the XML/EDI European Pilot Project. His background is in CAD data exchange and Lisp programming.