Watch the webinar video on demand at: www.safe.com/webinars Discover how FME makes it simple to work with XML data, in this second of two webinars on XML. You'll see how you can easily write XML data without needing to learn XML tools like XQuery or XSLT.

1. Writing XML with FME
Dean Hintz Don Murray
Product Specialist President

2. Giveaway: FME and Writing XML
Online Training Course
 Stay Tuned: 40 FREE seats up for grabs
 May 23rd, 2012: 8:30am to 12pm (PDT)

3. This is Part 2 of 3 Part series
http://www.safe.com/learning/webinars/
Part 1: Reading XML with FME

4. Poll: About You #1
 What XML Challenges are you faced with?

5. Poll: About You #2
 What XML tools and languages do you have
experience in?

6. Agenda
Safe Strategy and XML
Dean
Writing Arbitrary XML/GML Documents
Writing Metadata Documents
Writing XML Documents from Schema
Don
Updating XML Documents with XML
Updater
Writing Heavily nested XML Documents

7. Powering the Flow of Spatial
Data

8. FME 2012: Let your XML Love
Shine!
New capabilities and dialogs for XML Reader, Writer
and Transformer dialogs!
Many New Transformers to make both Reading and
Writing much easier!
Once you work with XML/GML in FME 2012 you to
will be singing!!!
Do you have an XML Challenge? If so send it to
xml@safe.com

9. FME 2012: XML++
No FME Release is complete
without making XML easier!

10. Safe XML 2-Fold Strategy
Strategy #1
 Leverage industry XML tools such as XSLT
and XQuery
 Users must know these complex technologies.

11. Safe XML 2-Fold Strategy
XML Transformer List
 Leverage industry XML tools such as XSLT
and XQuery
 Users must know these complex technologies.

12. Safe XML 2-Fold Strategy
Strategy #2 Make it Easy
 Minimal understanding of XML required

13. XML is only getting more important
XML is for sharing data across organizations
GML support is also improving as it is XML!

14. FME 2012: XML Writing
Writing XML was easy in FME 2011!
In FME 2012 it is taken to a new level!

15. XML Writing – Arbitrary XML Data
Write arbitrary XML dataset!
 No schema required
 Use sample or create your own!

16. XML Formats – Writing
16

17. XML Formats – Writing
Others are easy to write.
Shown Next!
17

18. XML Writing – Arbitrary XML Data
Write arbitrary XML dataset!
 No schema required
 Use sample or create your own!
Demo

19. XML Writing – Arbitrary GML Data
Write arbitrary XML dataset!
 No schema required
 Use sample or create your own!
Demo

20. XML Writing – Arbitrary XML Data
XMLTemplater Simple
Write arbitrary XML dataset!
 No schema required
 Use sample or create your own!
Demo

21. Poll: About You #3
 What Metadata Challenges are you faced
with?

22. XML Writing - Metadata
MetaData Writing Example
 XML is no longer an issue.

23. XML Writing - Metadata
MetaData Writing Example
 XML is no longer an issue.
Demo

24. XML Writing – Schema Driven
You no longer need an XML sample to write
XML!
Now a sample or an *.xsd file is all you need!

25. XML Writing – Schema Driven
You no longer need an XML sample to write
XML!
Demo
Now a sample or an *.xsd file is all you need!

26. XML Writing – INSPIRE Example
Demo

27. XML Processing:
XML Transformers
 XMLFeatureMapper –make features with xfmap
 XMLFormatter – clean up XML formatting
 XMLFragmenter – extract XML fragments and generate
features and attributes
 XMLFlattener – extract XML fragments as attributes
 XMLTemplater – template + FME values = XML
 XMLValidator – check syntax and schema
 XMLUpdater - path driven XML document creation/update
 XQueryExtractor – extract XML elements
 XQueryExploder – create new features
 XQueryUpdater – update XML (replace values)
 XSLTProcessor – Process XML with xslt script
 XMLNameSpaceDeclarer – Add required namespaces

28. XML Updating – Metadata Example
Path driven approach to XML Creation
 Useful for updating Metadata!

29. XML Updating – Metadata Example
Path driven approach to XML Creation
 Useful for updating Metadata?
Demo

30. XML Writing: Deeply Nested
Demo
There was an old lady who
swallowed a fly!

31. XML Writing: Deeply Nested
Demo
FME 2011 Solution:

32. XML Writing: Deeply Nested
Demo
FME 2012 Solution:

33. XML Writing: Deeply Nested
Demo
FME 2012 Solution:
Demo

34. Poll: About You #4
 Do you currently use FME for Writing XML?

35. FMEpedia
XML Samples, demos
Troubleshooting

36. The FME Channel on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/fmechannel
Customer use cases
Tutorials
Technical spotlights
Market commentary
How to
Shortcut for XML Videos http://fme.ly/xmlvideo

37. Webinars: Past, Present, and Future
http://www.safe.com/learning/webinars/
XML and CIM Webinar (FME 2011)

38. XML Challenge 2012
Big help when users send us their data and describe
what they want to do.
Do you have an XML Challenge? If so send it to
xml@safe.com

39. XML: The Webinar Trilogy!
• Reading XML Feb 9, 2012
• Writing XML Feb 16, 2012
• To Be Continued…
• Sign up at http://fme.ly/webinars

40. Future
 Usability
 Performance
 More Native XML Formats
 Your suggestions???!!!

41. Poll: About You #5
As we plan FME 2013, which new capability
would you find most valuable?

42. Giveaway: FME and XML Writing
 40 FREE seats up for grabs!
 May 23rd, 2012: 8:30am to 12pm (PDT)

43. Poll: About You #6
 Would you like to enter the Draw to win
FREE FME Training?

44. What’s Next?
 See FME 2012 on the
FME World Tour:
http://fme.ly/2012tour
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 Download FME 2012:
www.safe.com/downloads

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46. Thank you
www.safe.com
Dean Hintz
dean.hintz@safe.com
@DeanHintz
Don Murray
don@safe.com
@DonAtSafe