On 03/03/2014 08:41 PM, Sampo Syreeni wrote:
Hi. I've been following the DFDL proceedings for some time now, as an outside amateur with keen interest in data representation and description.
Tell me, is there a FOSS parser out there capable of handling anything and everything that the standard includes? Something that an amateur like me might actually download and utilize against a chosen legacy format of my choice? Perhaps even as a test case of the descriptive power of the vocabulary?
Daffodil [1] is the only FOSS DFDL parser. It isn't capable of handling anything and everything in the standard, but it is capable of parsing some non-trivial file types, and is undergoing active development. The latest release is 0.12.0 [2], which includes a command line interface and CSV and PCAP DFDL examples. If you have any questions in particular about Daffodil, I'm happy to answer them. We also have a developers mailing list [3] and a users mailing list [4] if you are interested in tracking Daffodil's progress. - Steve [1] https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/confluence/display/DFDL/Daffodil%3A+Ope... [2] https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/confluence/display/DFDL/Getting+Daffodi... [3] http://oss.tresys.com/mailman/listinfo/daffodil-dev [4] http://oss.tresys.com/mailman/listinfo/daffodil-users