A well-formed or valid XML file is one that is built following all applicable XML conventions. You can view well-formed XML files in any XML editor. A well-formed XML file would contain a discrete entity, in this case, a single transaction.
Since extract files typically contain more than one transaction, appended one after another, and include Documaker-related tags, this kind of XML extract file is not considered well-formed. It would, however, feed transaction information into the rules processing engine, which is generally the main concern.
If you need to have well-formed XML files, you should output each transaction as a separate XML file. Your extract file would then be a simple flat-file that contains key information and a list of XML file names that correspond to the XML transaction files. To summarize, for Documaker, you can use these types of XML extract files:
|
Type |
Well-formed? |
Contains Documaker tags? |
Requires flat file index? |
Use with this rule |
|
Single transaction |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
XMLFileExtract rule with the SCH (schedule) option |
|
Multiple transaction |
No |
Yes |
No |
UseXMLExtract |
See the Rules Reference for more information on these rules.
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