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arXiv:1912.10817cs.PL

Using Prolog for Transforming XML Documents

René Haberland

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Abstract

Proponents of the programming language Prolog share the opinion Prolog is more appropriate for transforming XML-documents as other well-established techniques and languages like XSLT. In order to clarify this position this work proposes a tuProlog-styled interpreter for parsing XML-documents into Prolog-internal lists and vice versa for serialising lists into XML-documents. Based on this implementation a comparison between XSLT and Prolog follows. First, criteria are researched, such as considered language features of XSLT, usability and expressibility. These criteria are validated. Second, it is assessed when Prolog distinguishes between input and output parameters towards reversible transformation.

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49 pages, 54 figures, 2 appendices
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cs.PLProgramming Languages cs.IRInformation Retrieval cs.SESoftware Engineering

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  1. XSLT: A Precision Tool for the Future of Structured Transformation 1 comment

    • BTW, I decided I'd see if there was an XPath library for Prolog (once my favorite programming language, and with some conceptual/ algorithmic similarity to XSLT, I think, although XSLT has nothing like Prolog's backtracking). Turns out there is (at least) one…

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