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Data conventions
Data conventions
In XML Extensions, several suppositions have been made about data transformations between COBOL and XML, including those relating to the following issues:
Data representation
COBOL and character encoding
MF_XMLEXT_LOCAL_ENCODING environment variable
Windows character encoding
UNIX character encoding
FILLER data items
Missing intermediate parent names
Sparse COBOL records
Parent topic:
COBOL considerations
