On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 03:24:37PM -0400, Dossy wrote: > In Longer-term plans, I'd like to standardize around one or the other > (i.e., nsxml vs. tDOM) and as tDOM is also used by the stand-alone Tcl > audience, I'm hoping it will receive more support and thorough testing. > Choosing tDOM as the standard for AOLserver should be a win, in favor of > continuing to support nsxml.
Dossy, this seems like beating a dead horse. Far as I know, more or less everybody who paid any attention to the matter agreed that tDOM is a better choice in all respects, and that seems to have been the consensus for a couple of years now. (I think it was mostly discussed on openacs.org.) Some people still use ns_xml, sure, but only because they haven't yet had an important reason to take the trouble to switch. I'd bet that everybody currently doing extensive XML development already switched some time ago. Continuing to fix any easy ns_xml bugs that turn up, sure, that certainly sounds worthwhile. But I think the debate on "ns_xml vs. tDOM, which should we standardize on?" was over a long time ago. tDOM won unanimously. Has anything important changed since then? It seems unlikely. -- Andrew Piskorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.piskorski.com/ -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
