1. A method of validating a document conversion chain, comprising: inserting a plurality of waypoints into a first document conversion chain that converts a markup-language document collection from a first format to a second format, wherein the first document conversion chain contains at least one conversion component; executing the first conversion chain on the document collection to create a first modified document collection; modifying the at least one conversion component in the first conversion chain to generate a second conversion chain, wherein the plurality of waypoints are maintained; executing the second conversion chain on the document collection to create a second modified document collection; generating validation results for each document in the first and second modified document collections at each waypoint in the first conversion chain and the second conversion chain; and presenting the validation results to a user; comparing the validation results of each document in the first modified document collection to the validation results of each document in the second modified document collection.
1. A method of validating a document conversion chain, comprising: inserting a plurality of waypoints into a first document conversion chain that converts a markup-language document collection from a first format to a second format, wherein the first document conversion chain contains at least one conversion component; executing the first conversion chain on the document collection to create a first modified document collection; modifying the at least one conversion component in the first conversion chain to generate a second conversion chain, wherein the plurality of waypoints are maintained; executing the second conversion chain on the document collection to create a second modified document collection; generating validation results for each document in the first and second modified document collections at each waypoint in the first conversion chain and the second conversion chain; and presenting the validation results to a user; comparing the validation results of each document in the first modified document collection to the validation results of each document in the second modified document collection. 2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating a waypoint with the at least one conversion component in the conversion chain.