Abstract:
From the pattern: "a pattern that solves the problem of transferring
data between foreign applications by automatically collecting data from those applications
on behalf of a working client collector. It uses a process that collects XML data from data
providers. This process takes the different feeds and builds a compilation of the data in an
XML document, even when foreign applications run on different platforms. Through this
pattern, a thin client receives distributed information that it requires. Furthermore, the
process of collecting information is transparent to the user (usually a person at a browser,
but potentially an automated process) except when he declares what data he requires."
Discussion:
This pattern is described in an article XML Patterns by Maria Laura Ponisio and Gustavo Rossi
This is a one of a group of the four related patterns described in the article about processing XML on a Web server.