[fpc-pascal] Patch: new XML export for FCL-DB ready for inclusion, issue 19790

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Sven Barth wrote:

> On 27.07.2011 14:05, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Ludo Brands wrote:
>> 
>>>>> 2. Atom feeds as used by Google.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Feel free to take a shot at it :-)
>>>> Do you mean the 0.3 format -
>>>> 
>>> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Atom_%28standard%29#Atom_0.3
>>> 
>>> 
>>> AFAIK data exports are all general purpose, ie they represent the
>>> data, and
>>> evenually their schema, as precise as possible without any knowledge
>>> of the
>>> contents. Atoms are specific and need understanding of the contents.
>>> Hence
>>> Reiniers remarks about mapping fields, etc. I understand the interest one
>>> can have being able to export this format but, IMHO, that doesn't
>>> belong in
>>> a data export library. Nice try though :-)
>> 
>> Data is just data to me, however it is represented :-)
>> 
>> For me, atom feeds are just an 'extra' simple XML mapping:
>> FieldName -> NodePath Possibly with a grouping concept.
>> 
>> Still, I will need the Atom export, so eventually it will be made.
>> 
>> In fact, Inoussa Ouedraogo (hope I spelled that correct) made a complete
>> SDO
>> implementation in FPC which should be powerful enough to able to handle
>> this.
>
> Is this SDO "Service Data Objects" which I quickly googled?
>

It is.

> If so, what exactly is it, what are its strengths?

A uniform way to access all kinds of data. 
You can see it as an alternative to TDataset and friends.

It's quite powerful, really. 
Inoussa has made some nice sample applications.

Michael.