Re: [gnome-db] Re: GRAND MASTER PLAN

[Adam Williams <adam morrison-ind com>]

> A general, in som sence complete (supporting complex data types and so
> on), 'report data exchange' standard might exist. But I don't think it
> would be something you could build a good user interface around.
...
> You could look at XML as beeing 'report data exchange'
> standard. Imagine building a graphical user interface for importing
> any XML file to AbiWord and Gnumeric. For that to be usable it would
> be very complex and therefore unusable to most people.

BIE's Map Builer.  Used in their Business Integration Engine to map to
and from arbitrary constructs.

http://www.brunswickwdi.com/map_builder

Don't know if this is applicable to the conversation,  but maybe it will
inspire someone (BIE is a Java app).