Occurrences

Paper

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Date of Presentation

Wednesday, 22 May

Time of Presentation

09.00

Presentation Level

In-The-Middle

Abstract

The data you manage and process in your XML-based systems often comes to you or is crated in a form other than the XML DTD or Schema that your environment depends upon. Even once you convert legacy data to work with XML-based systems, the need to continue to collect and create information will continue. Bringing your information up to your required structures can be a costly and time consuming investment, even one of the biggest cost areas in your overall process. Whether it is manuscripts for publishing, invoices and business documents for business processing, product and logistical information between interdependent organizations, or reporting information such as financial or compliance information, it is likely that it will need to be transformed, upgraded, or rearranged for use in multiple environments. There are many established methods for getting data into XML, including out sourcing to conversion houses and using internal programming resources and data processing personnel to convert data using scripts and cleanup routines. There are also emerging techniques to address the ambiguities and complexities of data conversion and manipulation. As the saying goes, 'The devil is in the details'. Data migrating from unstructured forms, or simpler legacy structures, will include many ambiguities and challenges that require careful planning and consideration. This presentation will address several data capture and conversion processing models, their key processes and challenges, and potential tools and approaches to optimize their performance. Mr. Waldt will draw upon more than 18 years experience designing, developing and managing systems and processes to capture and convert more than 25 Gigabytes of complex publishing data into XML, as well as migration and integration of dozens of sophisticated business systems (e.g., CRM, etc.), for major corporations and the US Government. Attendees will be able to evaluate approaches and tools for use in addressing their data creation, capture and conversion processing requirements.