Re: [xml-dev] Convert one XML format to another and verify theconversion

[Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org>]

Hi Roger,

On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:59:42 +0000
Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> I am writing a program that converts an old XML format to a new XML format.
> In addition to doing the conversion, I also need to verify the conversion. I
> have two questions:
> 
> 1.       What does it mean to “verify the conversion”? Does XSD validation
> constitute verifying the conversion? My sense is no. My sense is that each
> action taken during the conversion must be verified. Do you agree with that?
> 2.       As I do the conversion, I simultaneously output (to a separate file)
> metadata for each conversion action. What metadata should I generate to
> enable the conversion to be verified?
> 
> Allow me to explain …
> 
> My program converts this old format:
> 
> <Airport_Name>Boston Logan Airport</Airport_Name>
> 
> to this new format:
> 
> <name>Boston Logan Airport</name>

your description reminds me of the series of sketches on the Israeli version of
Sesame Street called "The 'Happiness' Family" or "Family 'Bliss'" where they
are frustrated first from clothes being dirty and finally with the washing soap
being dirty. Related to it
is "I thought using loops was cheating"
https://www.reddit.com/r/EDM/comments/26e2vw/i_thought_using_loops_was_cheating/  .

I can suggest writing some tests by hand using xpath or similar to verify
that *some* of the transformed results are right. 

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