XML Emulation

XML data emulations allow you to capture data emanating from web databases, e-mail fulfillment, e-commerce, and general XML database engines. In XML emulation, the data elements in markup language format are organized in a folder view with a root node and sub-level nodes.

Note: Characters referenced using the ϧ syntax are limited to values ranging from 000 (�) to 256 (Ā).

When XML data is merged with PlanetPress Design documents on a printer DOCTYPE and ENTITY tags are ignored.

XML emulation options

• Cache XML data: When this option is selected, PReS Workflow Server only reloads the data if the size or modified date of the XML file changes. When this option is not selected, the XML data will be reloaded into memory every time that a plugin works on the data file. Caching the XML data will make subsequent tasks run faster (as loading an XML file can take a long time) but will also use up more memory since that memory isn't released in between tasks. For single runs the performance gain is less noticeable than in loops (either through a splitter, a Loop task or a Metadata filter) where the XML file would be loaded repeatedly.

For information about XML emulation options in PlanetPress Design documents, see the PlanetPress Design user guide.