Re: [xml-dev] Structured from/within unstructured documents

["Edward C. Zimmermann" <edz@bsn.com>]

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:39:42 +0000, Stephen Green wrote

> Is it realistic yet to be extracting data and converting it to, say,
> XML documents

Its called data conversion--- be it from current or legacy systems.

> in large volumes and with crucial data such a financial, technical 
> or medical records?

Once upon a time that was the intent of SGML (Oops XML), precisely so that
"crucial data" can survive their systems--- unfortunately not all "XML" is
set to the task (being little more than XMLified versions of the very
systems that SGML was intended to avoid).

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