• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: Graham Hannington <graham_hannington@f...>
• Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:13:24 +0000

> 
> I was interested in using DFDL to convert binary record formats containing 
> "header" fields that identify the start position of data structures later 
> in the record, typically by an "offset" number of bytes from the start of 
> the record.
> 
> Unfortunately, DFDL 1.0 does not support such formats.
> 

You can convert such formats using the EXPath binary library - but of course it's a much lower-level approach than DFDL. 

However, one could certainly add a declarative layer on top.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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