On , January 18, Adam DiCarlo wrote: > > Mark, as much as I appreciate your work, I don't think we need more > policy drafts.
I agree. The point of my posts was to address some heretofore unaddressed issues concerning XML catalog implementation. Too much talk and not enough action is not a good thing. > We need a working xml-core, Bigtime. > and also for someone to take the drafts out there already (Ardo and > mine, yours, LSB-XML, and the SGML drafts now in > /usr/share/doc/sgml-base-doc) and making a unified Debian SGML/XML > policy draft which is suitable. Strongly agree. > I think this Document should be in the DDP area, possibly as > "sgml-xml-policy". Sure, haven't yet used the DDP system, but am happy to learn it. > I think this document should be designed to be suitable for eventually > being raised to the following status: > > - part of Debian policy Yep. > - an improved and updated LSB proposal (with minor alterations of > course) Hopefully...:) > I am not volunteering to steer or lead this this, but I volunteering > to help. Since I'm currently unencumbered by gainful employment and unless someone objects, I'd be happy to serve as coordinator/editor of said unified SGML/XML policy. [Assuming Ardo or someone else puts together the base package(s).] If I indeed serve in this capacity, someone will have to walk me through the DDP system. Later today I'll post some thoughts on xml-core/xml-common, or whatever the package will be named. Then, Sunday night or Monday morning I'll attempt to summarize the various points regarding XML Catalog implementation and the role and content of xml-common. Hopefully, that would give me enough to get to work on the policy docs and for Ardo to put together an xml-common package. Regarding the package naming: xml-commons is also the name of the apache package that contains the latest version of Norm's XML Catalog-aware entity resolver. Maybe xml-core is a better name... At any rate, I'll ITP and upload the newest version of Norm's resolver along with Ardo's xml-XXXXX package. It works with most of the major java-based XSLT processors. We really should have more toolchains available than libxml2/libxslt. (E.g. I still prefer Saxon, as do many others.) Ardo & I can work together off-list on some of the xml-XXXX issues... Cheers, Mark _____________________________________ Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian XML/SGML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: <http://dulug.duke.edu/~mark/> GPG fp: 50DF A22D 5119 3485 E9E4 89B2 BCBC B2C8 2BE2 FE81 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
