Mapping of the XML elements to COBOL data items
is achieved based on specific COBOL and XML data models.
In particular:
- The COBOL data model for a given language structure is expressed as an
instance of the COBOL Common Application Metamodel (CAM)
- The XML data model for a given language structure is expressed as an instance
of the XML Schema model (whether it is an XML document, WSDL types definition,
or XML Schema representation)
Therefore, you can perform mappings on the following types of files:
- WSDL documents (extension must be .wsdl)
- XML instance documents (extension must be .xml)
- XML schema (XSD) documents (extension must be .xsd)
- COBOL source files (extensions must be .cbl, .cob, .ccp, .cpy)
All original source files should reside on the workstation. The tools
have the capability to generate the files into remote systems such as PDS
members on z/OS®.
The mapping tools are:
- The New XML to COBOL Mapping wizard.
- The mapping editor.
- The Map an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) wizard.