For what it’s worth — I am not an XML developer, so I am going from what I have read about XML support in the Information Center and sources such as the links above.

My understanding is that there are two general areas — SAX and DOM. SAX is supported natively within the languages. It is primarily intended for read-only processing of common XML documents. DOM is more advanced, with more complex document processing. The Toolkit provides additional APIs that help with DOM structures, and Toolkit APIs can help with both reading and writing (or creating) new XML documents.

WDSc (and some RDi components) also have parts that help in the design of XML documents, but I haven’t seen any direct documentation that says the 5733-XT1 or XT2 products are related to what WDSc or RDi provide.

“Websphere” is an umbrella term that covers almost all development tools, including the compilers. It’s tricky trying to answer a question about “websphere” without knowing what component is involved.

Tom

but tell me, after i have this product in my iseries could i have a different help’s when i write my rpg/cobol source code?

or this product is only better for development in websphere (tool)?

thanks

Tom

If you used 5733XT1 on i5/OS V5R3 or V5R4, you would want to update it to 5733XT2 after moving to i5/OS 6.1.

Tom

thanks again.