Hi Mark,
I've been ignoring the Axis/Axis2 lists for a while, so I may have
missed some earlier discussions on this - can you give the reason for
choosing these two approaches in particular? I'd personally love to see
a comparison between the XBIS format I originated (http://www.xbis.org)
and Fast Infoset. Both of these deal with XML-based representations,
while DFDL (as I understand it) is strictly binary. Since DFDL doesn't
really relate to XML at all it seems like it'd be difficult to fit it
into the Axis2 structure (including AXIOM) in any reasonable manner.
- Dennis
Mark Pimentel wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm Mark Pimentel, a computer engineering student from CarnegieMellon, and I'm
currently doing a Google Summer of Code(code.google.com) project with Apache
Axis 2 on binary XMLserialization. My original proposal is located online
athttp://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mpimente/MarkPimentel-SummerOfCode.pdf. My
project mentor for this project is Eran Chinthaka.
I had some delay in getting started, so I've had to push some itemsback on my
weekly schedule. The updated schedule is as follows:
WEEKLY SCHEDULEMark Pimentel, Google Summer of Code 2005
Week of July 10thConclude research of different formats. Will submit a
documentoutlining the major aspects of the two representations that I will
belooking into—Fast Infoset & DFDL. Am currently targeting Fast Infosetas the
first schema to implement, and DFDL as the second.
Week of July 17th Begin implementing a StAX parser to write binary XML data
using theFast Infoset standard. This week, I will concentrate on writing
theparser and achieving some type of module with binary
serializationfunctionality.
Week of July 24thWill continue to adapt parser to handle the Fast Infoset
standard. Most of the work this week will be towards expanding
supportedlanguage.
Week of July 31thThe goal for this week is to clean up the first parser code,
andperform more extensive testing. I will also prepare any progressreport
information needed by the Google Summer of Code program.
Week of August 3rdBegin development of parser for DFDL standard. If similar
parts ofthe parser from the first can be used, then work from later weeks canbe
started.
Week of August 14thWill continue fleshing out and expanding DFDL support.
Week of August 21stAiming for more definite testing and verification of second
parser. If time permits, I will also start on a third parser.
Week of August 28thImplementation of third representation, if possible.
Otherwise,return to first two parsers to ensure correctness and correct
anyremaining integration issues.
Thanks,Mark
