Re: [xsl] vcf to xml?

["Paul Tyson phtyson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies for being late to the discussion, and further apologies for 
taking it somewhat off-topic.

But, as a puzzler for the (probably few) old SGML hands among us: is it 
possible to make an SGML DTD and declaration using tag minimization 
features to parse a vcf file as SGML?

Regards,

--Paul

On 6/25/22 11:34, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen cmsmcq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> If you mean, can we use an ixml grammar to parse XML, then the short
> answer is 'yes', though the XML that comes out will not be the XML that
> came in.  Joel Dubinko just asked the same question on the public-ixml
> list [1]; see his question and the resulting thread (with toy grammar
> and example input and output).
>
> [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ixml/2022Jun/0044.html
>
> Michael Sperberg-McQueen
>
> BR Chrisman brchrisman@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > is there an 'xml' input example?  I mean... I understand it's a little
> > silly but... it's text...
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 8:06 AM Norm Tovey-Walsh ndw@xxxxxxxxxx <
> > xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > "BR Chrisman brchrisman@xxxxxxxxx" <
> > > xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > > Maybe this is slightly off topci, but does ixml map to binary data
> > > > structures, or is it specific to text/utf-something?
> > > Itbs worth noting that the specification requires you to be able to
> > > parse text and produce XML. It doesnbt forbid you from doing other
> > > things. My implementation will produce JSON or CSV if you prefer
> > > (provided the parse tree has the right shape).
> > >
> > > Therebs nothing that says you canbt parse binary files with Invisible
> > > XML and writing an input option to do that is on my TODO list.
> > >
> > >                                          Be seeing you,
> > >                                            norm
> > >
> > > --
> > > Norman Tovey-Walsh <ndw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > https://nwalsh.com/
> > >
> > > > My life has a superb cast but I canbt figure out the plot.--Ashleigh
> > > > Brilliant