Re: [xml-dev] Updating XML

On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:15:10 +0000
 wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I was wondering if there was such a thing as an 'XML Update Specification'.
> That is, a standard way of describing a set of modifications to an XML
> document, possibly as an XML document itself.

You should take a look at http://www.xmldb.org/xupdate . XUpdate
defines a set of XML tags for updating XML documents. XUpdate is used
in several OpenSource projects: dbXML, ozone, 4Suite (?), XMLdiff ...

Kindest regards,
Lars

> Thinking about it, an XSL stylesheet with the identity transformation and
> templates matching the required modifications would be adequate, but has
> anyone heard of anything more explicit for this purpose?  I'm thinking in
> particular of issuing updates to remote documents using an HTTP POST.

--
______________________________________________________________________
Lars Martin                             mailto:
SMB GmbH                                        http://www.smb-tec.com