RE: XML to 5250

["Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley)" <LGoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I could be wrong, but it sounds like Jon is looking for a DTD or schema for
the 5250 datastream, and a program to convert XML to 5250 using that DTD. I
haven't had a chance to fool with XML, but it sounds pretty neat.
It also sounds like the "XML-5250" converter could use DSM, but the driver
programs don't care, only the converter program.
We don't care necessarily where the XML came from, it sounds like Jon has
that piece already.
Did I miss anything?

Loyd


-----Original Message-----
From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@attglobal.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:28 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: XML to 5250


From: Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@Partner400.com>
> Since XML can be mapped to
> browsers, PDAs, phones, etc.  I was hoping I could use that as the
mechanism
> and generate 5250 datastream from the same source.
>

can easily be done. I think the confusion comes from not specifying where
you get the initial description of the screen from. In the simplest case you
don't have any prior screen You describe the screen in XML and that
description drives a browser, a 5250 terminal, a PDA, what have you... The
tool to do this is called a text editor. EDTF would work.