Map XML data from different XML Schema

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Map XML data from different XML Schema

Hi,

We've an XML contains data. We need to extract data from it and move it in to a different XML. Both XMLs are different in structure.

We have Altova and we want to do this job by using it. Any solution on this; which Altova tool will be best for this job and how?

Thanks.

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What you're looking for is a XSL Transformation which in itself is again a XML document that describes how to create the new XML from the old XML.

Check out this W3Schools section on learning XSLT for that.

In terms of the Altova tools - you could either use the MapForce data mapper (which sounds like that you're looking for), or alternatively the StyleVision tool to create and maintain the XSLT files. Try MapForce first - sounds like a good fit.

Marc

marc_s 2009-07-22 08:53:14

Thanks marc. Do you know any good tutorial on how to map two xml schema and generate xslt?

Ramiz Uddin 2009-07-22 10:09:37

I've tried MapForce and generate a "C#" from it. It generated XSLT and a set of C# project files. At the moment, couldn't completely understand what it did :) Doing some more excerise and looking into ALTOVA help. Any tutorial you would suggest to start it over?

Ramiz Uddin 2009-07-22 15:15:25

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XSLT is the best tool for the job. Beware, though, it's a rather difficult concept to grasp unless you're of a declarative frame of mind.

I wouldn't normally recommend books over online docs, but in this case I would. O'Reilly does two very good books on XSLT (including the Cookbook) that I can highly recommend.

skaffman 2009-07-22 08:59:54

Sorry skaffman. Perhaps, I didn't explain myself well. I am not completely new to xml/xsl is just matter of time. I worked on xsl a long-time ago. I need to know how I can move data from a XML to another XML and generate a XSLT using ALTOVA? Thanks.

Ramiz Uddin 2009-07-22 15:12:41

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