Data in XML format (XML files) to BW?

Hi,
My customer is interested in loading data to BW (from 3rd party system) in XML format. Are there any advantages of doing this (compared to traditional ascii files)? How about disadvantages (BW version is 3.5) ?. How to get started with this one, I noticed there is a possibility to create a XML data source. Is this able to take XML files into BW or what?.
Any help highly appreciated!

Hi Jimmy,
Have a look:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/9b/821140d72dc442e10000000a1550b0/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/55/014e3c97f6bb3ee10000000a114084/content.htm
Hope it Helps
Srini

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