An XML system is configured to generate encoding information for an RFID device, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream. The XML system includes a computer system having a memory subsystem, a communication interface operatively coupled to a network, an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream, and an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a repository. The XSLT processor transforms data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained. Also included is an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet, and a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate encoding information for an RFID device.
1. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors configured to implement an XML processor module, wherein being configured to implement the XML processor module includes being configured to:
receive an XML data stream; and
process the XML data stream based at least in part on a stylesheet, wherein the stylesheet includes an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) for formatting data within the XML data stream;
wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate encoding information based on the processed XML data stream for transmission to the RFID device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the stylesheet further includes an RFID-type instream foreign object defining communication with an RFID apparatus.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the stylesheet further includes extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) instructions for transforming the data in the XML data stream.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the stylesheet is contained in the XML data stream or the stylesheet is retrieved from a stylesheet repository based upon content of the XML data stream.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one more processors being configured to implement the XML processor module include being configured to obtain a schema identified in the XML data stream, the schema being defined to facilitate validation of a portion of the XML data stream.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to validate at least a portion of the XML data according to a Document Type Definition (DTD).
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the XML processor module is a SAX processor module.
8. A method comprising:
implementing an XML processor module, wherein implementing the XML processor module includes:
receiving an XML data stream; and
processing, by one or more processors, the XML data stream based at least in part on a stylesheet, wherein the stylesheet includes an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) for formatting data within the XML data stream;
wherein the method further comprises generating encoding information based on the processed XML data stream for transmission to the RFID device.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the stylesheet further includes an RFID-type instream foreign object defining communication with an RFID apparatus.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the stylesheet further includes extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) instructions for transforming the data in the XML data stream.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the stylesheet is contained in the XML data stream or the stylesheet is retrieved from a stylesheet repository based upon content of the XML data stream.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein implementing the XML processor module includes obtaining a schema identified in the XML data stream, the schema being defined to facilitate validation of a portion of the XML data stream.
13. The method of claim 8 further comprising validating at least a portion of the XML data according to a Document Type Definition (DTD).
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the XML processor module is a SAX processor module.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, the program code being configured to, when executed, cause an apparatus to at least:
implement an XML processor module, wherein the program code configured to cause the apparatus to implement the XML processing module includes being configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive an XML data stream; and
process the XML data stream based at least in part on a stylesheet, wherein the stylesheet includes an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) for formatting data within the XML data stream;
wherein the program code is further configured to cause the apparatus to generate encoding information based on the processed XML data stream for transmission to the RFID device.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the stylesheet further includes an RFID-type instream foreign object defining communication with an RFID apparatus.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the stylesheet further includes extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) instructions for transforming the data in the XML data stream.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the stylesheet is contained in the XML data stream or the stylesheet is retrieved from a stylesheet repository based upon content of the XML data stream.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the program code configured to cause the apparatus to implement the XML processor module includes being configured cause the apparatus to obtain a schema identified in the XML data stream, the schema being defined to facilitate validation of a portion of the XML data stream.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to validate at least a portion of the XML data according to a Document Type Definition (DTD).
21. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the XML processor module is a SAX processor module.