Re: [ebxml-cppa-negot] updated message content

[bhaugen <linkage@interaccess.com>]

From: Martin W Sachs
> What do you mean by "diff"?  If you mean the Unix diff, the last time
I
> used it, lt did a character by character compare, which is not what we
want
> here.

I meant XML diff.  See below.

> Is there an "XML" diff, which can identify functional differences  and
> ignore the kinds of low-level differences that don't matter (e.g.
slight
> spelling differences in text fields that are for human information
only)?
> If so, and if it is a well-known program, then maybe we can skip
including
> the list of changes in the message.

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xmldiffmerge

Google has lots more, but I thought I'd reference
your cohorts.

> As to your second question, if you send me a list of changes and I
don't
> trust you, I will do the detailed analysis anyway and call you a liar
if I
> find a discrepancy. If people feel that the sender's list of changes
cannot
> generally be trusted, then we might as well leave the list of changes
out
> of the specification.  Of course, if I can't trust you, it doesn't
make
> sense to negotiate with you at all.

It's easy to make a mistake.
I'm honorable, but not always precise...

-Bob Haugen