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Also, this is what XML-C14N is about. I think xml.apache.org has new security xml package (XML-Sig), which requires C14N functionality, if you're working in Java. Else, maybe there's a stand-alone canonicalization package out there, but I'm unfamiliar. -bob On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Kip Hampton wrote: > "Yakkala, Raman" wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am in the need of comparing 2 xml documents to see whether both of the > > documents represents the same stuff. The spacing may be different in the > > documents. Are there are any libraries available for comparison? > > If Perl is part of your bag of tricks, you might want to have a look at > the XML::SemanticDiff module[1]. It provides any easy way to compare XML > instances while ignoring insignificant whitespace differences and doing > the Right Thing(tm) with regard to XML Namespaces (elements > <foo:element/> <bar:element/> and <element/> are counted as equivalent > as long as they are bound to the same namespace and are otherwise > identical). > > As a bonus, the implementation is built upon a simple event-handler > mechanism that offers an easy way to add side effects to the 'diff-ing' > process (insert/update data to databases, widget callbacks, etc.). > > HTH, > -kip > > [1] > http://search.cpan.org/doc/KHAMPTON/XML-SemanticDiff-0.93/SemanticDiff.pm > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> >
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