Re: Custom XML export/import

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:48:59AM -0500, Ken Kuhlman wrote:
> In Excel 2003 pro, there's a new feature to import & export arbitrary
> XML documents via "XML Maps", which map XML schemas to XL lists.
>
> An example of an expense report using this functionality is documented at: 
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011109661033.aspx
>
> Has there been any discussion about adding this type of functionality
> to gnumeric?  I know that it's possible to run gnumeric's native
> format through xslt & generate custom XML that way, but native support
> in gnumeric would greatly reduce the setup costs.

That is definitely interesting.  As we finish the separation of
libgoffice from gnumeric I'm working on an api to support external
(non-gnumeric) content attached to xml files.  Supporting something
like this seems like a cross between that and the text file importer
(with all it's configuration).  It would nice project for someone.