US 2002/0161801 A1 · Efficient processing of extensible markup language documents in content based routing networks

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for efficient processing of Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents in Content Based Routing (“CBR”) networks. Specifically, the method involves converting existing XML documents to a machine-oriented notation (“mXML”) which is significantly more compact than XML, while still conveying the content and semantics of the data and the structure of the document. Documents are converted from XML to mXML upon entering a CBR subnetwork and/or upon receipt by an mXML-capable device. The documents are then processed in mXML format. Devices within the inventive system are provided with an awareness of whether target devices or processes are mXML-capable. Documents being routed to a target which is mXML-capable are passed in mXML format while documents being routed to a target which is not mXML-capable are converted to XML before they are passed.

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Dependent claims

A method for processing an input document encoded in an extensible human-friendly extensible markup language (“XML”), said method comprising the steps of:

(a) converting said input document encoded in XML to an output document encoded in a machine-oriented extensible markup language (“mXML”);
(b) processing said output document encoded in mXML;
(c) identifying a target to which the processed output document will be next routed;
and
(d) determining whether said target is capable of processing documents encoded in mXML.

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A method for processing an input document encoded in a machine-oriented extensible markup language (“mXML”), said method comprising the steps of:

(a) determining whether said input document will be next routed to a target which is capable of processing documents encoded in mXML;
(b) converting said input document encoded in mXML to an output document encoded in a human friendly extensible markup language (“XML”) if said target is determined in step (a) to be not capable of processing documents encoded in mXML;
and
(c) processing said output document encoded in XML.

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A computer program product embodied on one or more computer-readable media, the computer program product adapted for processing an input document encoded in an extensible human-friendly extensible markup language (“XML”) and comprising:

computer-readable program code for converting said input document encoded in XML to an output document encoded in a machine-oriented extensible markup language (“mXML”);
computer-readable program code for processing said output document encoded in XML;
computer-readable program code for identifying a target to which the processed output document will be next routed;
and
computer-readable program code for determining whether said target is capable of processing documents encoded in mXML.

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A system for processing an input document encoded in an extensible human-friendly extensible markup language (“XML”), said system comprising:

means for converting said input document encoded in XML to an output document encoded in a machine-oriented extensible markup language (“mXML”);
means for processing said output document encoded in mXML;
means for identifying a target to which the processed output document will be next routed;
and
means for determining whether said target is capable of processing documents encoded in mXML.

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Efficient processing of extensible markup language documents in content based routing networks

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Efficient processing of extensible markup language documents in content based routing networks

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Abstract

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