XML Mapper

Beginning with SAS 8, there are tools in SAS to help you read and write XML files. Starting with SAS 9.1, SAS provides XML import support via the XML LIBNAME engine (previously called SXLE) and the SAS XML mapper (previously called Atlas). 

Beginning with SAS 9.1, the SAS XML Mapper (previously known as Atlas) is a SAS stand-alone Java application supplied as part of Base SAS. The SAS XML Mapper is a graphical user interface assistant for building SAS XML Map files. Here is a display that shows the previous example s XML Map file being built from within the XML Mapper application ... 

The resulting ODM XML file produced by the XML LIBNAME engine is very similar to the one produced by PROC CDISC. However, PROC CDISC allows you to specify and pass more of the metadata information along to the XML file. If you need to create customized XML files for a sponsor that do not match the ODM specification, you can use the SAS XML Mapper and the XML LIBNAME engine to write your own custom XML files. 

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