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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Heather D. Achilles, Hudson, NH (US);
Steven R. Willis, Acton, MA (US);
Charles Robert Morgan, Manchester, MA (US);
Kenneth R. Ballou, Framingham, MA (US);
Jan-christian Nelson, Boston, MA (US);
Eugene Kuznetsov, Cambridge, MA (US);
Heather D. Achilles, Hudson, NH (US);
Steven R. Willis, Acton, MA (US);
Charles Robert Morgan, Manchester, MA (US);
Kenneth R. Ballou, Framingham, MA (US);
Jan-Christian Nelson, Boston, MA (US);
Eugene Kuznetsov, Cambridge, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A representation of a markup language data such as XML expressed as a sequence of encoded items provides a data format including a type field containing i) a construct type identifying a type of markup language data construct to which the encoded item corresponds or, ii) a directive type identifying directive information concerning a processing characteristic associated with the sequence of encoded items. If the type field contains a construct type, the encoded item includes i) a length field containing a size of construct data associated with the markup language data construct to which the encoded item corresponds and ii) a value field identifying construct data associated with the markup language data construct to which the encoded item corresponds. For a directive type, the encoded item includes a directive value supplementing the directive information concerning a processing characteristic associated with the sequence of encoded items.