Changes between Version 42 and Version 43 of BluePrint/Importer


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Timestamp:
01/22/11 14:02:07 (13 years ago)
Author:
Pat Tressel
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    239239importer is doing.//
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     241We want the representation to be easy for a person to construct rather than easy for
     242the importer to use. The importer can always produce an internal representation that
     243is convenient for running the data conversion.
     244
     245There are two main categories of representation:
     246
     247- Formatting, such as which of the file layouts is used, what the separator character
     248  is, how the text is escaped, which cells are structured...  This is the "parsing"
     249  aspect of the representation.
     250
     251- The actual mapping of the source schema to our schema, that is, once we have their
     252  structured objects read in, how do we create our objects out of theirs?
     253
     254=== Implementation notes ===
     255
     256//Under Construction -- falling...asleep...//
     257
     258The overall process will be:
     259
     260- Extract the data into XML.
     261- Call S3Resource import_xml().
     262
     263The devil is in the (extraction) details.
     264
     265Some notes and cautions:
     266
     267- Ideally the (internal) schema mapping will be "runnable" -- that is, it can
     268  drive the extraction of data. Actually producing a state machine or similar is
     269  likely overkill.
     270
     271- Error handling and feedback must be done without user intervention -- this may
     272  be used in a "lights out" situation where data is received automatically.
     273
     274- Need to provide error info in a machine-readable form.
     275
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