DTCP Schema Guide | DeltaXignia Documentation

This guide provides a short description of each element and attribute defined in the XML schema for the DATACOMPARATOR Pipeline (DTCP). A fuller description of DTCP, along with an example and an explanation of the main concepts can be found in the DTCP User Guide.

Element Index

DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig 2

DTCP Schema Guide | attributeLocation 51

DTCP Schema Guide | attributeLocations 30

DTCP Schema Guide | attributeSplittingConfig 15

DTCP Schema Guide | booleanParameter 13

DTCP Schema Guide | booleanProperty 24

DTCP Schema Guide | changeGatheringEnabled 40

DTCP Schema Guide | characterByCharacterEnabled 41

DTCP Schema Guide | childAlignment 61

DTCP Schema Guide | class 56

DTCP Schema Guide | comparisonReport 16

DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator 1

DTCP Schema Guide | defaultNamespace 38

DTCP Schema Guide | description 29

DTCP Schema Guide | elementSplittingEnabled 42

DTCP Schema Guide | elementSplittingThreshold 43

DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints 3

DTCP Schema Guide | feature 23

DTCP Schema Guide | file 57

DTCP Schema Guide | filter 50

DTCP Schema Guide | finalPoint 28

DTCP Schema Guide | fullDescription 4

DTCP Schema Guide | generateReport 32

DTCP Schema Guide | http 58

DTCP Schema Guide | ignoreChangesConfig 17

DTCP Schema Guide | inputExtensionPoints 11

DTCP Schema Guide | inputPoint 26

DTCP Schema Guide | inputPreFlatteningPoint 27

DTCP Schema Guide | isEnabled 31

DTCP Schema Guide | location 52

DTCP Schema Guide | locations 34

DTCP Schema Guide | mixedContentDetectionScope 44

DTCP Schema Guide | modifiedWhitespaceBehaviour 45

DTCP Schema Guide | moveCandidate 53

DTCP Schema Guide | moveCandidates 35

DTCP Schema Guide | moveDetectionConfig 18

DTCP Schema Guide | moveDetectionType 36

DTCP Schema Guide | namespaceConfiguration 19

DTCP Schema Guide | orphanedWordDetectionEnabled 46

DTCP Schema Guide | orphanedWordLengthLimit 47

DTCP Schema Guide | orphanedWordMaxPercentage 48

DTCP Schema Guide | outputExtensionPoints 12

DTCP Schema Guide | outputProperties 7

DTCP Schema Guide | parameter 59

DTCP Schema Guide | parserFeatures 8

DTCP Schema Guide | parserProperties 9

DTCP Schema Guide | pipelineParameters 5

DTCP Schema Guide | property 22

DTCP Schema Guide | reportDirectory 33

DTCP Schema Guide | resource 60

DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions 20

DTCP Schema Guide | showMoveSource 37

DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig 6

DTCP Schema Guide | stringParameter 14

DTCP Schema Guide | stringProperty 25

DTCP Schema Guide | subtree 55

DTCP Schema Guide | subtreeProcessingMode 21

DTCP Schema Guide | subtrees 49

DTCP Schema Guide | transformerConfigurationProperties 10

DTCP Schema Guide | userNamespace 54

DTCP Schema Guide | userNamespaces 39

Element Detail

Elements are listed in document-tree order, top-level elements first, then alphabetically:

Element: dataComparator 1

The root element for defining the overrides to a DataComparator whose defaults are as described in the API documentation.

A Data Comparator instance with default settings is created if no child elements are present.

Contained by

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
id	anyNameType	A unique identifier for this pipeline configuration - listed as 'configuration id' in the command-line description.
version	string	The DTCP specification version this conforms to - fixed at '1.0'
description	string	Short description of this DTCP configuration.
Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| advancedConfig	Configuration options providing low-level control of the comparison, more general configuration options are in 'standardConfig'
DTCP Schema Guide \| extensionPoints	Declare the extension points and contained filters to be inserted within the DataComparator pipeline
DTCP Schema Guide \| fullDescription	Designed to provide meaningful description and basic help information to the user
DTCP Schema Guide \| pipelineParameters	Container for all pipeline parameters
DTCP Schema Guide \| standardConfig	Genaral configuration options for the DataComparator - see 'advancedConfig' for further options

Element: advancedConfig 2

Configuration options providing low-level control of the comparison, more general configuration options are in 'standardConfig'

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| outputProperties	Set Serializer property settings for the built in Saxon Serializer
DTCP Schema Guide \| parserFeatures	Set features on the underlying SAX parser used in the pipeline
DTCP Schema Guide \| parserProperties	Set properties on the underlying SAX parser used in the pipeline
DTCP Schema Guide \| transformerConfigurationProperties	Set configuration option on the Saxon XSLT transformers used in the pipeline

Element: extensionPoints 3

Declare the extension points and contained filters to be inserted within the DataComparator pipeline.

In EBNF the required sequence S of child elements is:

S := 'inputPreFlatteningPoint'? IP 'outputExtensionPoints'?
IP := 'inputExtensionPoints'? | ( 'inputAExtensionPoints'? 'inputBExtensionPoints'? )

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| inputExtensionPoints	Extension points for modifying A and B input filters
DTCP Schema Guide \| outputExtensionPoints	Extension points for modifying output filter chains

Element: fullDescription 4

Designed to provide meaningful description and basic help information to the user.

It can contain PCDATA content. It should include a description of the Data Comparator configuration defined by the DTCP. How this information is presented to users is a tool-dependent operation, for example a GUI-based tool may provide a pop-up window and show HTML formatted content.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator

Contains

Element	Description
[any]	Any element permitted [mixed content]

Element: pipelineParameters 5

Container for all pipeline parameters.

Pipeline parameters have global scope and are referenced using the 'paremeterRef' attribute. Pipeline parameters have a default value that can be overridden through the API. The maximum number of child elements is not restricted.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| booleanParameter	Declare a boolean parameter that may be referenced by 'parameterRef' attributes or as $variables from within XPath expressions
DTCP Schema Guide \| stringParameter	Declare a string parameter that may be referenced by 'parameterRef' attributes or as $variables from within XPath expressions

Element: standardConfig 6

Genaral configuration options for the DataComparator - see 'advancedConfig' for further options.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| attributeSplittingConfig	Specifies configuration options for attribute splitting
DTCP Schema Guide \| comparisonReport	Specifies whether and where to generate comparison report which contains comparison analysis and recommendations to improve comparison result
DTCP Schema Guide \| ignoreChangesConfig	Specifies configuration options for Ignore Changes processing
DTCP Schema Guide \| moveDetectionConfig	Specifies configuration options for moves
DTCP Schema Guide \| namespaceConfiguration	Defines a set of prefix uri pairs for namespaces that can be used within XPath expressions provided to certain configurations such as ignoreChangesConfig or subtreeProcessingMode
DTCP Schema Guide \| resultReadabilityOptions	Sets options to change the granularity and ordering of changes in the result in order to improve readability
DTCP Schema Guide \| subtreeProcessingMode	Specifies configuration options for subtree processing

Element: outputProperties 7

Set Serializer property settings for the built in Saxon Serializer.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| property	Sets the string value of a named property

Element: parserFeatures 8

Set features on the underlying SAX parser used in the pipeline.

For more detail, see setParserFeature in the API documentation.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| feature	Sets the boolean value of a named feature

Element: parserProperties 9

Set properties on the underlying SAX parser used in the pipeline.

For more detail, see setParserProperty in the API documentation.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| property	Sets the string value of a named property

Element: transformerConfigurationProperties 10

Set configuration option on the Saxon XSLT transformers used in the pipeline.

The maximum number of child elements is not restricted.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| booleanProperty	A named boolean property
DTCP Schema Guide \| stringProperty	A named string property

Element: inputExtensionPoints 11

Extension points for modifying A and B input filters

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| inputPoint	Extension point for modifying A and B input filters, after element flattening
DTCP Schema Guide \| inputPreFlatteningPoint	Extension point for modifying A and B input filters, before element flattening

Element: outputExtensionPoints 12

Extension points for modifying output filter chains.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| finalPoint	Final filter extension point in the DataComparator output pipeline

Element: booleanParameter 13

Declare a boolean parameter that may be referenced by 'parameterRef' attributes or as $variables from within XPath expressions.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | pipelineParameters

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
name	NCName	The boolean parameter name
defaultValue	boolean	The default boolean value - may be overriden externally
Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| description	Short summary of the purpose of the parameter

Element: stringParameter 14

Declare a string parameter that may be referenced by 'parameterRef' attributes or as $variables from within XPath expressions.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | pipelineParameters

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
name	NCName	The string parameter name
defaultValue	string	The default string value - may be overriden externally
Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| description	Short summary of the purpose of the parameter

Element: attributeSplittingConfig 15

Specifies configuration options for attribute splitting.

These options can be specified on a comparator to configure its behaviour. Attribute Splitting is off by default.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
defaultMode	[enum]	Permitted values / descriptions: narrativeText This mode sets the default mode to narrative text. dataSet This mode sets the default mode to data set. dataList This mode sets the default mode to data list.
Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| attributeLocations	This class is used to represent locations for attributes which will be processed and split
DTCP Schema Guide \| isEnabled	Sets whether the comparator should enable the feature or not

Element: comparisonReport 16

Specifies whether and where to generate comparison report which contains comparison analysis and recommendations to improve comparison result.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| generateReport	Specifies whether to generate comparison report
DTCP Schema Guide \| reportDirectory	Specifies where to generate comparison report

Element: ignoreChangesConfig 17

Specifies configuration options for Ignore Changes processing.

These options can be specified on a comparator to configure its behaviour.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| locations	This class is used to represent locations for elements and attributes on which the changes will be ignored

Element: moveDetectionConfig 18

Specifies configuration options for moves.

These configuration options can be specified on a comparator to configure its behaviour.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| isEnabled	Sets whether the comparator should enable the feature or not
DTCP Schema Guide \| moveCandidates	This class is used to represent move candidates
DTCP Schema Guide \| moveDetectionType	Sets the type of move detection, determining how move processing should be executed
DTCP Schema Guide \| showMoveSource	Sets whether the comparator should show move source or not

Element: namespaceConfiguration 19

Defines a set of prefix uri pairs for namespaces that can be used within XPath expressions provided to certain configurations such as ignoreChangesConfig or subtreeProcessingMode.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| defaultNamespace	This element is used to define the default namespace
DTCP Schema Guide \| userNamespaces	This element is used to define user namespaces

Element: resultReadabilityOptions 20

Sets options to change the granularity and ordering of changes in the result in order to improve readability.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| changeGatheringEnabled	Sets whether to change the order of consecutive changed items to improve readability
DTCP Schema Guide \| characterByCharacterEnabled	Sets whether to enable character by character comparison
DTCP Schema Guide \| elementSplittingEnabled	Sets whether modified elements containing text should be split when the amount of unchanged text falls below a given percentage
DTCP Schema Guide \| elementSplittingThreshold	Sets the percentage of unchanged text present in a modified element below which the element will be split
DTCP Schema Guide \| mixedContentDetectionScope	Set the scope to use for determining if each element in the document is of a mixed-content type
DTCP Schema Guide \| modifiedWhitespaceBehaviour	Set the ModifiedWhitespaceBehaviour to use for changes to whitespace
DTCP Schema Guide \| orphanedWordDetectionEnabled	States whether or not orphaned word detection is enabled
DTCP Schema Guide \| orphanedWordLengthLimit	Sets the maximum number of words to consider for orphaned word detection
DTCP Schema Guide \| orphanedWordMaxPercentage	Sets the maximum proportion of the total change size that orphaned words can take while still being considered orphans

Element: subtreeProcessingMode 21

Specifies configuration options for subtree processing.

These options can be specified on a comparator to configure its behaviour.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
defaultMode	[enum]	Permitted values / descriptions: text This mode sets the subtree mode to text. data This mode sets the subtree mode to data.
Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| subtrees	This class is used to represent subtrees

Element: property 22

Sets the string value of a named property

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | outputProperties

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | parserProperties

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
name	anyNameType	The parameter name
literalValue	string	The literal string value
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: feature 23

Sets the boolean value of a named feature.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | parserFeatures

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	boolean	The literal boolean value for the feature setting.
name	anyURI	The fully qualitifed feature name.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: booleanProperty 24

A named boolean property

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | transformerConfigurationProperties

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
name	anyNameType	The parameter name
literalValue	boolean	The literal boolean value
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: stringProperty 25

A named string property

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | advancedConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | transformerConfigurationProperties

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
name	anyNameType	The parameter name
literalValue	string	The literal string value
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: inputPoint 26

Extension point for modifying A and B input filters, after element flattening.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | inputExtensionPoints

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| filter	An XSLT or Java XML processing filter to be loaded into the comparator pipeline

Element: inputPreFlatteningPoint 27

Extension point for modifying A and B input filters, before element flattening.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | inputExtensionPoints

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| filter	An XSLT or Java XML processing filter to be loaded into the comparator pipeline

Element: finalPoint 28

Final filter extension point in the DataComparator output pipeline.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | outputExtensionPoints

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| filter	An XSLT or Java XML processing filter to be loaded into the comparator pipeline

Element: description 29

Short summary of the purpose of the parameter.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | pipelineParameters / DTCP Schema Guide | booleanParameter

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | pipelineParameters / DTCP Schema Guide | stringParameter

Contains

Type: xs:string

Element: attributeLocations 30

This class is used to represent locations for attributes which will be processed and split.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | attributeSplittingConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| attributeLocation	This is used to represent an attribute location XPath, separator, regular expression or output separator

Element: isEnabled 31

Sets whether the comparator should enable the feature or not.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | attributeSplittingConfig

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | moveDetectionConfig

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	boolean	Set 'true' to enable the feature.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: generateReport 32

Specifies whether to generate comparison report.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | comparisonReport

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	boolean	Set 'true' to generate comparison report as an additional output.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: reportDirectory 33

Specifies where to generate comparison report.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | comparisonReport

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	string	The location of the directory to write the comparison report to.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: locations 34

This class is used to represent locations for elements and attributes on which the changes will be ignored.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | ignoreChangesConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| location	This is used to represent location XPath and result rule

Element: moveCandidates 35

This class is used to represent move candidates.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | moveDetectionConfig

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| moveCandidate	This is used to represent move candidate element XPath and class XPath pairs

Element: moveDetectionType 36

Sets the type of move detection, determining how move processing should be executed.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | moveDetectionConfig

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	[enum]	Permitted values / descriptions: restricted This mode only detects moves at the roots of added or deleted subtrees. This may offer a performance benefit in some cases. unrestricted This mode is used to detect moves anywhere in the tree.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: showMoveSource 37

Sets whether the comparator should show move source or not.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | moveDetectionConfig

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	boolean	Set 'true' to show move source.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: defaultNamespace 38

This element is used to define the default namespace.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | namespaceConfiguration

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
uri		Sets the uri of the default namespace.

Element: userNamespaces 39

This element is used to define user namespaces.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | namespaceConfiguration

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| userNamespace	This element is used to define user namespace

Element: changeGatheringEnabled 40

Sets whether to change the order of consecutive changed items to improve readability.

If the result contains a sequence of elements whose deltaxml:deltaV2 attribute values are mixed up in a sequence of As and Bs, enabling this feature will cause them to be reordered so that they are not mixed.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	boolean	Set true to enabled change gathering
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: characterByCharacterEnabled 41

Sets whether to enable character by character comparison

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	boolean	Set true to enable character by character comparison
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: elementSplittingEnabled 42

Sets whether modified elements containing text should be split when the amount of unchanged text falls below a given percentage.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	boolean	Set true to enable element splitting
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: elementSplittingThreshold 43

Sets the percentage of unchanged text present in a modified element below which the element will be split.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	Percentage	The threshold percentage as in integer (1 to 100)
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: mixedContentDetectionScope 44

Set the scope to use for determining if each element in the document is of a mixed-content type.

The mixed content type affects whitespace processing. If DTD or XML Schema validation is used this setting has no effect.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	[enum]	Permitted values / descriptions: document Determine if an element is mixed-content using information from elements of the same name in the document. Using this scope significantly slows processing for large files. local Determine mixed content information for each element in turn, based on the contents of that element alone.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: modifiedWhitespaceBehaviour 45

Set the ModifiedWhitespaceBehaviour to use for changes to whitespace.

Here, both documents must have some whitespace at a given point in order for there to be a change in whitespace. This will then be processed in accordance with the specified behaviour. Whitespace insertions and deletions are not affected by the modified whitespace behaviour.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	[enum]	Permitted values / descriptions: useDefault The context dependent automatic whitespace setting. ignore Ignore differences in whitespace that is not explicitly preserved. keepA Similar to 'ignore' except that 'A' document's whitespace is kept (instead of the 'B' document's whitespace). normalize Normalize whitespace in inputs before comparison. show Display the differences in whitespace where possible
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: orphanedWordDetectionEnabled 46

States whether or not orphaned word detection is enabled.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	boolean	Enable/disable.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: orphanedWordLengthLimit 47

Sets the maximum number of words to consider for orphaned word detection.

Sequences of words longer than the specified length will never be detected as orphaned words, regardless of the amount of changed words around them.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	unsignedLong
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: orphanedWordMaxPercentage 48

Sets the maximum proportion of the total change size that orphaned words can take while still being considered orphans.

If the percentage value for a possibly orphaned section is less than or equal to this value, then it is classified as orphaned (unless there are more words than the length limit allows). The percentage value for a possibly orphaned section is calculated as follows:

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | resultReadabilityOptions

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
literalValue	Percentage	An integer value (1 to 100) that is the max percentage of the total change size were a change is considered to be orphaned.
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: subtrees 49

This class is used to represent subtrees.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | subtreeProcessingMode

Contains

Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| subtree	This is used to represent subtree XPath and type

Element: filter 50

An XSLT or Java XML processing filter to be loaded into the comparator pipeline.

There must be one 'class', 'http', 'resource' or 'file' child element for a filter element as this defines the filter type and how it is to be loaded. Attributes on the filter element may be used to control whether the filter is enabled or disabled.
Child 'parameter' elements may also be added so that parameter values are passed on to matching parameters in the XML filter. Any number of filter elements may be added to an extension point, filters are processed in the pipeline in order of occurrence.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | inputExtensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | inputPoint

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | inputExtensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | inputPreFlatteningPoint

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | extensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | outputExtensionPoints / DTCP Schema Guide | finalPoint

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
if	NCName	Enable filter when named boolean pipelineParameter is true.
unless	NCName	Disable filter when named boolean pipelineParameter is true.
when	string	Enable filter when XPath expression evaluates true.
Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| class	Load a Java class implementing the SAX XMLFilter interface from the ClassPath
DTCP Schema Guide \| file	Load an XSLT filter from the file system
DTCP Schema Guide \| http	Load XSLT filter from an identified HTTP resource
DTCP Schema Guide \| parameter	A named parameter to supply to a filter - any XPath-item type (including a sequence) can be supplied to an XSLT filter using the xpath attribute
DTCP Schema Guide \| resource	Load an XSLT filter as a resource in a jar file

Element: attributeLocation 51

This is used to represent an attribute location XPath, separator, regular expression or output separator.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | attributeSplittingConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | attributeLocations

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
enabled	boolean	Set if attribute splitting is enabled or disabled for the attribute at this location
attributeXpath		Set the attribute XPath
mode	[enum]	Permitted values / descriptions: narrativeText This mode sets the default mode to narrative text. dataSet This mode sets the default mode to data set. dataList This mode sets the default mode to data list.
separator	string	Sets the separator used to split the attribute text.
regex	string	Sets the regular expression used to split the attribute text.
outputTokenSeparator	string	Sets the output separator used to separate tokens in the output.

Element: location 52

This is used to represent location XPath and result rule.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | ignoreChangesConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | locations

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
ignoreXpath		Sets the node XPath.
resultRule	[enum]	Permitted values / descriptions: BA Default. This copies new value if it exists, otherwise copy old value. AB This copies old value if it exists, otherwise copy new value. A This copies old value if it exists, otherwise don’t output. B This copies new value if it exists, otherwise don’t output DELETE Don’t copy under any circumstances (but process the subtree if present)

Element: moveCandidate 53

This is used to represent move candidate element XPath and class XPath pairs.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | moveDetectionConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | moveCandidates

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
elemXpath		Sets the element Xpath.
classXpath		Sets the class Xpath.

Element: userNamespace 54

This element is used to define user namespace.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | namespaceConfiguration / DTCP Schema Guide | userNamespaces

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
prefix		Sets the prefix of the user namespace.
uri		Sets the uri of the user namespace.

Element: subtree 55

This is used to represent subtree XPath and type.

Contained by

/ DTCP Schema Guide | dataComparator / DTCP Schema Guide | standardConfig / DTCP Schema Guide | subtreeProcessingMode / DTCP Schema Guide | subtrees

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
elemXpath		Sets the element XPath.
mode	[enum]	Permitted values / descriptions: text This mode sets the subtree mode to text. data This mode sets the subtree mode to data.
ordered	boolean	Sets the boolean where true represents ordered alignment, and false represents unordered alignment.
Element	Description
DTCP Schema Guide \| childAlignment	This class represents child alignment specifiers for the subtree configuration

Element: class 56

Load a Java class implementing the SAX XMLFilter interface from the ClassPath.

Contained by

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
name	anyNameType	The fully qualified name of the class.

Element: file 57

Load an XSLT filter from the file system.

Contained by

Contains

Attribute

Type

Description

path

string

The path of the filter to be loaded, relative paths are resolved according to the setting of the 'relBase' attribute.

relBase

[enum]

The relBase attribute is used to specify how the relative path to a file is resolved.

Permitted values / descriptions:

current Resolve using the current working directory, obtained from the Java user.dir system property. home Resolve using the user's home directory. dxp Resolve using the directory containing the DXP file, when it is loaded from a file.

Element: http 58

Load XSLT filter from an identified HTTP resource.

Contained by

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
url	anyURI	The URL of the HTTP resource.

Element: parameter 59

A named parameter to supply to a filter - any XPath-item type (including a sequence) can be supplied to an XSLT filter using the xpath attribute.

Contained by

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
name	anyNameType	The parameter name
literalValue	string	The literal string value
parameterRef	string	Name of referenced pipelineParameter
xpath		XPath expression returning the required type

Element: resource 60

Load an XSLT filter as a resource in a jar file.

Contained by

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
name	anyNameType	The resource name, for example, '/xsl/resource.xsl'

Element: childAlignment 61

This class represents child alignment specifiers for the subtree configuration.

Contained by

Contains

Attribute	Type	Description
childXpath		Sets the child xpath
keyXpath		Sets the key xpath specifying the key for the associated child element

This documentation was auto-generated from the XML Schema XSD.