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XML Reference: Siebel eBusiness Application Integration Volume V > Siebel XML Converters > XML Hierarchy ConverterThe XML Hierarchy Converter does not use integration object metadata, but instead relies on simple rules for converting between an XML hierarchy and an XML document. The important distinction between this service and the XML Converter is a Property Set of type XMLHierarchy, which is always presented as a child of Service Method Arguments and as a parent of the XML document root element. As shown in Figure 5, every XML element becomes a property set where the XML tag name becomes the Type. For example, the XML element The convenience of having this representation is that the XML Hierarchy Converter can convert to and from this representation in the same way, independent of whether or not the XML document includes a Siebel Message or an external XML document. This representation is also handled in Siebel Workflow because it allows all the XML documents in memory to be treated as the Hierarchical Service Parameter of type XML Hierarchy. The following should be noted about XML Hierarchy representation in the Siebel application:
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