ASCII to XML

Hello,
I'm looking to see if there is a way I can convert an ASCII file to XML using PL/SQL?
For example if I have an ascii file like this:
-ID 12345
-AUTHOR test
-SUBJECT testing
Is there a way, I can convert it to:
<ID> 12345</ID>
<AUTHOR>test</AUTHOR>
<SUBJECT>testing</SUBJECT>.
Is it possible using PL/SQL?
Any suggestions/help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Patrick,
There are no specific features for converting ASCII files into XML, but OWB could be used for this purpose since it does write to file targets. The mapping would read from the ascii file as a source (you could use external tables for this, for example), perform the logic inside the map (wrap data in XML tags, etc.) and then target the output file. You could even use DB tables as XML containers / staging areas.
Regards:
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