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=====Roundtripping===== | =====Roundtripping===== | ||
* On a general note: Roundtripping data is a very effective method to detect observable differences and | * On a general note: Roundtripping data is a very effective method to detect observable differences and bugs that were introduced by the initial codebase conversion. | ||
* More specifically: Descriptor IDs, such as in <code><TRAC id="6787"></code>, are not preserved because ONI files use ''local'' IDs and are later repacked during DAT creation. Therefore, IDs in XML/ONI are typically reset to 0. | * More specifically: Descriptor IDs, such as in <code><TRAC id="6787"></code>, are not preserved because ONI files use ''local'' IDs and are later repacked during DAT creation. Therefore, IDs in XML/ONI are typically reset to 0. | ||
** Therefore, you can define hash parity of output files as a general goal, with the exception that differences can be ignored if they are caused only by non-semantic ID changes. In other words: you may consider semantic equivalence under normalized comparison as sufficient. | ** Therefore, you can define hash parity of output files as a general goal, with the exception that differences can be ignored if they are caused only by non-semantic ID changes. In other words: you may consider semantic equivalence under normalized comparison as sufficient. | ||