Configuration File Schema Guide

id

idType

A unique identifier for this configuration file.

version

string

The DeltaXML XML Data Compare configuration file version this conforms to - fixed at '1.0'.

defaults

An element for defining the user defaults for a feature [?]

location

A container element for a feature applied to a set of input document nodes [*]

output

An element for controlling the output format [?]

xpath-namespaces

Container element for binding prefixes used in XPath expressions to namespace-uris [?]

attribute-splitting

Sets if and how attribute value content should be split into words [?]

normalize-whitespace

Sets whether to normalize whitespace or not [?]

text-splitting

Sets whether text node content should be split into words using standard ICU word separators [?]

name

nameType

A unique name to identify the container.

xpath

xpathLocationType

XPath (3.1 compatible) expression.

attribute-splitting

Sets if and how attribute value content should be split into words [?]

child-order

For defining a container for an unordered comparison [?]

ignore-changes

Defines how to ignore changes in specific items [?]

normalize-whitespace

Sets whether to normalize whitespace or not [?]

numeric

Control numeric tolerance for specified items [?]

text-splitting

Sets whether text node content should be split into words using standard ICU word separators [?]

format

[enum]

Permitted values / descriptions:

deltaV2Raw deltaV2 output. The default.sbs-folding-diffreportSide by side folding diff-report

changes-only

booleanType

Whether to produce the differences and also the similarities between the two inputs. The default is false.

default-namespace

Binds a namespace to be used in XPath when no prefix is specified [?]

namespace

Binds a prefix used in XPath to a namespace found in the source XML [*]

enabled

booleanType

Specify whether content should be split into words.

data-list

Split text content into an ordered list of items using a specified tokenization method

data-set

Split text content into a set of unique items using a specified tokenization method

narrative-text

Split text content into words using standard ICU separators

enabled

booleanType

Set false to disable whitespace normalization.

enabled

booleanType

Specify whether content should be split into words.

ignore-order

booleanType

Whether to ignore order of child elements of the specified container element.

fail-if-no-key

booleanType

If true, stop comparison and report an error if the key value assigned to any child-element of the specific ordered/orderless container element is an empty string. Defaults to false.

child-alignment

Element that defines an unordered item and its key value [*]

use

[enum]

Permitted values / descriptions:

BAKeep the B version if it exists, otherwise keep the A versionABKeep the A version if it exists, otherwise keep the B versionAKeep the A versionBKeep the B versionDELETEDon’t copy under any circumstances (but process the subtree if present)

tolerance

double

Absolute tolerance value.

use

[enum]

Permitted values / descriptions:

AKeep the A version if within toleranceBKeep the B version if within tolerance

uri

uriType

Namespace URI for the source XML

prefix

prefixType

Prefix used in XPath expressions

uri

uriType

Namespace URI for the source XML

separator

string

A separator string used to splitting text content. Use 'regex' attribute to specify more than one separator.

regex

string

A regular expression specifying the match pattern to use for tokenizing text content.

output-token-separator

string

Where content is split into tokens using a 'regex' attribute, token-separators in the input are not preserved, the 'output-token-separator' specifies the string used to separate the tokens in the output. The default is a ',' (comma) character.

separator

string

A separator string used to splitting text content. Use 'regex' attribute to specify more than one separator.

regex

string

A regular expression specifying the match pattern to use for tokenizing text content.

output-token-separator

string

Where content is split into tokens using a 'regex' attribute, token-separators in the input are not preserved, the 'output-token-separator' specifies the string used to separate the tokens in the output. The default is a ',' (comma) character.

child-xpath

xpathLocationWithinContextType

XPath (3.1 compatible) expression for unordered item.

key-xpath

xpathValueType

XPath (3.1 compatible) expression returning a key value for corresponding unordered item.