Re: Convert one XML format to another and verify the conversion … how to “verify the conversion”?

Hi Roger,

On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:59:42 +0000
Roger L Costello <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> I am writing a program that converts an old XML format to a new XML forma=
t.
> In addition to doing the conversion, I also need to verify the conversion=
. I
> have two questions:
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> 1.       What does it mean to =E2=80=9Cverify the conversion=E2=80=9D? Do=
es 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 th=
at?
> 2.       As I do the conversion, I simultaneously output (to a separate f=
ile)
> metadata for each conversion action. What metadata should I generate to
> enable the conversion to be verified?
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> Allow me to explain =E2=80=A6
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> My program converts this old format:
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> <Airport_Name>Boston Logan Airport</Airport_Name>
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> to this new format:
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> <name>Boston Logan Airport</name>

your description reminds me of the series of sketches on the Israeli versio=
n 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_chea=
ting/  .

I can suggest writing some tests by hand using xpath or similar to verify
that *some* of the transformed results are right.=20

--=20

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