Patent ID: 8024368
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for converting a body of data records to an XML format, wherein each record of said body of data records conforms to a same record format, said record format comprising record fields and an ordering among said record fields, each record field of said record fields belonging to a data type, wherein no record of said body of data records conforms to XML, wherein the method comprises: generating a target XML schema document that includes declarations that both describe the record format and describe said XML schema of XML instances to which to convert said body of data records; for each record field of said record fields, the declarations describe the respective data type of the record field and the order of the record field in said ordering among the record fields; based on the body of data records and the XML schema, generating an XML instance that conforms to the XML schema; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.