Joe I have managed to run the first example, simpleCSV, on the web site and it appears to work but I am surprised because the dfdl schema doesn't look correct at all The 'matrix' of numbers is defined as Data: Creator: NCSA Date: Mon Feb 23 15:20:47 CST 2009 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 Schema <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:dfdl="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/example1/"> <!-- CSV with metadata header --> <element name="matrix" type="matrixType"/> <element name="table" type="SimpleTable"/> <complexType name="SimpleTable"> <sequence> <element name="hdrblock" type="header"/> <element name="matrix" type="matrixType"/> </sequence> </complexType> <complexType name="header"> <sequence> <!-- other dfdl: --> <element name="Creator" type="xsd:string" dfdl:terminator="%NL;" dfdl:initiator="Creator:" dfdl:encoding="ASCII" dfdl:representation="text" dfdl:lengthKind="delimited"/> <element name="Date" type="xsd:string" dfdl:terminator="%NL;" dfdl:initiator="Date:" dfdl:encoding="ASCII" dfdl:representation="text"/> </sequence> </complexType> <complexType name="matrixType"> <sequence> <element name="row" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <complexType> <sequence> <element name="cell" type="xsd:int" maxOccurs="unbounded" dfdl:terminator="%NL;" dfdl:separator="," dfdl:separatorPolicy="require" dfdl:encoding="ASCII" dfdl:separatorPosition="infix" dfdl:representation="text" dfdl:lengthKind="delimited" dfdl:documentFinalTerminatorCanBeMissing="yes"/> </sequence> </complexType> </element> </sequence> </complexType> </schema> but some of the dfdl properties on matrixType in particular are in the wrong place. I think it should be something like <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:dfdl="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/example1/" dfdl:documentFinalTerminatorCanBeMissing="yes"> <!-- CSV with metadata header --> <element name="matrix" type="matrixType"/> <element name="table" type="SimpleTable"/> <complexType name="SimpleTable"> <sequence> <element name="hdrblock" type="header"/> <element name="matrix" type="matrixType"/> </sequence> </complexType> <complexType name="header"> <sequence> <!-- other dfdl: --> <element name="Creator" type="xsd:string" dfdl:terminator="%NL;" dfdl:initiator="Creator:" dfdl:encoding="ASCII" dfdl:representation="text" dfdl:lengthKind="delimited"/> <element name="Date" type="xsd:string" dfdl:terminator="%NL;" dfdl:initiator="Date:" dfdl:encoding="ASCII" dfdl:representation="text"/> </sequence> </complexType> <complexType name="matrixType"> <sequence> <element name="row" maxOccurs="unbounded" > <complexType> <sequence dfdl:terminator="%NL;" dfdl:separator="," dfdl:separatorPosition="infix" dfdl:separatorPolicy="require" > <element name="cell" type="xsd:int" maxOccurs="unbounded" dfdl:encoding="ASCII" dfdl:representation="text" dfdl:lengthKind="delimited" /> </sequence> </complexType> </element> </sequence> </complexType> </schema> There are also, of course, a lot of required properties (eg dfdl:lengthKind and dfdl:representation) missing from all the schema components but I assume that is due to the lack of property defaulting support. Regards Alan Powell Development - MQSeries, Message Broker, ESB IBM Software Group, Application and Integration Middleware Software ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM MP211, Hursley Park Hursley, SO21 2JN United Kingdom Phone: +44-1962-815073 e-mail: alan_powell@uk.ibm.com From: Alan Powell/UK/IBM@IBMGB To: dfdl-wg@ogf.org Date: 04/01/2011 09:08 Subject: [DFDL-WG] Daffodil demo site is now running at its permanent UR Sent by: dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org Regards Alan Powell Development - MQSeries, Message Broker, ESB IBM Software Group, Application and Integration Middleware Software ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM MP211, Hursley Park Hursley, SO21 2JN United Kingdom Phone: +44-1962-815073 e-mail: alan_powell@uk.ibm.com ----- Forwarded by Alan Powell/UK/IBM on 04/01/2011 09:07 ----- From: Joe Futrelle <futrelle@ncsa.uiuc.edu> To: "Robert E. McGrath" <remcgrat@illinois.edu> Cc: Alan Powell/UK/IBM@IBMGB Date: 03/01/2011 19:56 Subject: for the WG FWIW, the Daffodil demo site is now running at its permanent URL: http://daffodil.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ As we work on Daffodil to bring it into compliance with the spec, we will update the parser on the site and keep a change log. I also have ideas for a much easier interface for the site, which I can develop once higher-priority fixes are complete. -- Joe Futrelle Cyberenvironments and Technologies National Center for Supercomputing Applications http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/People/futrelle Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU -- dfdl-wg mailing list dfdl-wg@ogf.org http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/dfdl-wg Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. 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