On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:49:14 -0600 Tom Duerbusch said: >Came back from a meeting and my brain hurts.... >We are forcing the integration of VSE into a new Identity Manager (IDM) system. >Currently we manage security for VSE via a bunch of REXX execs up in CMS. >With a bunch of VSE systems, this was a good place to keep stuff that >may need to be sent down to one or more VSE systems. So far, it works. >We have been told that the IDM system can only output XML documents. I can >write some REXX code to read/process the XML file, and find the >items >of interest, but this may be the time to see if we can start playing in the >XML world. >Is there anything in the z/VM 5.X world, that we can use to process a XML file? >Right now, I'm just thinking that they will LPR the file to a CMS service >machine, which will wake up and process it. >Perhaps there are options that will connect to the XML port on the IP stack, >and do everything really nifty <G>. >I will also be looking for VSE and zLinux options in other emails. I'm only >looking for VM responses in this email. There is XMLPARSE on the VM download page. It's a pipeline filter that creates a Rexx structure from a well formed XML document. I've experimented with it but never used it for anything significant.
http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?XMLPARSE http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/xmlparse.vmarc >Thanks >Tom Duerbusch >THD Consulting
