Re: [xml-dev] XML/XSL Revision Control/ Source Code Versioning:Ideas, Me

[James Fuller <james.fuller.2007@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Alex S <as.signup@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your time & responses. I remember reading somewhere that a
> pure text/ linear comparison based tool/ system may not be ideal to compare
> & merge XML tree structure based documents.
>
> Are there any that are more XML aware?
>
> Also, I was wondering if I wanted to do compare/ merges visually using
> Altova Diffdog or similar tools then which source control systems would
> allow me to access/ load the individual versions into such a tool to merge
> into the newer or create a newer version?
>
> Are some of these systems XML tree structure aware/ friendly?

I think you wont find any source control systems themselves know
anything about structure in terms of xml ... e.g. it 'sees' text
(thats one of the great things about XML e.g. you can 'smuggle' it
wherever there is a string var or text field ;)  ).

at larger scales you may want to consider some of the commercial offerings e.g.
* http://www.deltaxml.com/
* (useful links from here as well
http://www.deltaxml.com/resources/articles-and-papers.html)

though minimally something like oXygenXML (or XMLMind XML editor) is a
good place to start.

hth, J