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At 02:53 PM 7/9/2002 -0400, Mike Champion wrote: >7/9/2002 2:05:15 PM, Jonathan Robie ><jonathan.robie@d...> wrote: > >>Now, I am parsing xml file using DOM. How can I get the data type for year, > >>month etc????? > > > >Whose DOM are you using? > >It doesn't matter, there is no straightforward, standard way to >access this information. But Mike, this guy is trying to write a program, he has a specific DOM implementation, and he needs to get at the types. I don't think he wants to wait for new standards to be written. If this is a list for XML developers, his question is certainly in scope. >Proprietary DOM extensions (probably Microsoft's, perhaps Apache's) may >provide >"DOM" APIs to access the type information in the PSVI, but applications which >use these APIs will not work with other implementations. Use them if they >work for you, but use them with caution. > >The possibility of the next major version of the DOM supporting the PSVI is >under consideration inside the W3C; members may wish to look into this issue >and make sure that their opinion is registered ... I don't think I can be >more explicit due to the confidentiality guidelines, sorry. I agree with everything you say, but... According to private email, he is trying to do this with Xerces DOM, Level 2. I haven't been programming with this API - does anyone know offhand if there is a way for him to access the type of an element? Jonathan
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