Re: [xml-dev] Convert any data format to XML … very cool

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

> 
> 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