> How about a new layer between XML and the application? The layer (a)
> filters SAX-like 'messages' (function/procedure calls) from the parser to
> the application and applies patterns to data as necessary, generating new
> messages
Did you say "filters SAX"? Head to my web page (see below) to get
hold of a useful framework.
> or (b) can be applied to a DOM implementation to check the
> validity of a document more completely.
Also on that page: DOMParser, which walks a DOM and generates
SAX events from it.
> I assume that date formats have even more variations than numbers, at least
> until there is agreement on a stardate!
Actually ISO 8601 is slowly gaining on its competitors, and has a
good chance of winning.
-- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)