Re: [xsl] Difference in data?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2010-09-30 08:10 -0700, Abe Scott wrote:
> Exhibit A:
>
> <identification>
>     <returned_name_address>
>         <name_address>Doe, John</name_address>
> </returned_name_address>
> <returned_name_address>
>     <name_address>33235 N Main St</name_address>
> </returned_name_address>
> <returned_name_address>
> <name_address>CLEVELAND OH 441245239</name_address>
> </returned_name_address></identification>
>
>
> Exhibit B:
>
> <identification>
> <returned_name_address>
>     <name_address>Doe, John</name_address>
>     <name_address>33235 N Main St</name_address>
>     <name_address>CLEVELAND OH 441245239</name_address>
> </returned_name_address></identification>
>
> This doesn't really fall into "xsl", I know.. but knew this forum could help.

Yes, it isn't related to XSL and should not have been posted here in 
order to reduce the signal/noise ratio for XSL/XPath issues.

One list you could have posted this to is XML Dev:

  http://www.xml.org/xml-dev/

>  I
>
> understand that A is multiple rows in the <returned_name_address> table.  How
> would you describe B?  We're getting B back in a result set from a vendor
> service and I'm having trouble explaining to them why it's bad.  Any 
> help would
> be appreciated.

You could cite the improper cardinalities:  it seems that the 
cardinality of <returned_name_address> is supposed to be "1 or more" 
and the cardinality of <name_address> is "1" in Exhibit A, and that 
isn't what is being used in Exhibit B.

But ask on XML-Dev and see what other people have to say.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . . Ken

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