Comparison Service Help
The comparison service allows you to compare two XML data-sets or documents. Each of these can be supplied using browser-upload or by URL.
Browser Upload
For each of the input files tabs are used to select the upload method. To upload a file from your file system, select the Upload tab. Then a button will appear, the name of the button depends on the browser being used, but it is typically 'browse...' or 'choose file'. A file selection widget will then allow you to select an XML file for upload to our server.
Please note that the Browser Upload mechanism only supports DTDs (and other entities and XInclude) when they are specified as absolute URLs which are publicly visible on the internet. We do not currently have a means of supporting relative URIs to DTDs or other files on your local system. Future enhancements to the service will provide support for uploading files referred to by relative URIs in addition to the two main data sets.
Using URLs
The URL tab can be select to specify an absolute URL, the service will then read data from the URL. It will also resolve and download any referenced entities, including DTDs, and any files specified through the XInclude mechanism. The URLs specified and also any indirectly referenced files must be publicly visible on the internet.
Results
When the form is submitted, data is uploaded to the server, compared and the results are then returned. If you are processing large amounts of data this may take some time; please be patient.
Depending upon the selected comparison type or 'pipeline' the result should be formatted according to how your browser handles the associated 'MIME type'. You may be able to control some aspects of the result display using the associated configuration settings in your browser.
Should you wish to further process any delta files produced by the service, consider using the 'Save As...' menu in the browser.