Does anyone fancy taking part in a Town Hall meeting at XML 2001 Conference
(in Florida this December) to compare XML APIs, highlighting dom4j's
advantages over the alternatives? Details are below - though the deadlines
are wrong apparently, there's much more time.
I'd love to go, it could be fun but I don't think I'll be able to make it.
(And my bank balance hasn't recovered after JavaOne :-).
James
From: "Philippe Le Hegaret" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "James Strachan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Here is a proposal for a Town Hall meeting during the XML 2001 Conference
> http://www.gca.org/attend/2001_conferences/xml_2001/.
>
> The purpose is to compare JDOM [1], DOM4J [2], DOM [3], ElectricXML [4],
Breeze
> [5], and SAX [6] during the meeting. The attendee must be able to
understand
> the differences between the APIs, their performances, and their advantages
and
> disadvantages.
>
> Being able to compare APIs is not easy:
> - they can be implementation independent
> - their scopes might be different,
> - DTD/Schema datatypes specific,
> - etc.
>
> In order to compare them fairly, the idea is to come up with a set of use
cases
> (4 seems a reasonable number) and try to resolve them using each API. Each
use
> case should try to give a favor to one of the API but must be a user
common use
> case. Each use case should be approachable by all APIs (otherwise we can't
> really compare them). The scope of the expected solutions will be clearly
> defined (loading, error handling, valid/invalid XML documents, ...).
>
> I need at least one expert to defend each API using the _Java_ language. 2
is a
> maximun. Each expert will be in charge of proposing a solution for each
use
> case using his API and can also try with others APIs. He must be able to
> present the advantage of his solutions, including the time spent to
develop
> them. If some important points regarding your API will be not be covered
by the
> use case, you will be able to mention them, as long as they are
technicals.
>
> Since I'm planning to chair the Town Hall, I will stay neutral and won't
be
> able to defend the DOM API. Keep in mind that my goal is not encourage the
> public to only use the DOM API but to give them directions to choose
between
> the current APIs. If you plan to show performance comparaisons during the
> discussion, please give the results and code used to test the APIs at
least one
> month before the conference. This is an open-mike forum so attendees will
be
> able to ask questions or argue with the experts.
>
> I guess that, if the participants are acting in a fairly manner, the
attendees
> will have an interesting discussion.
>
> If you accept to represent one of the APIs, please let me know asap
(deadline
> is June 24, 2001 - 5 days _before_ the XML 2001 deadline). If you don't
want to
> represent your API, let me know asap, I will need to find someone else. If
you
> can't participate but have someone to replace you, let me know. Feel free
to
> forward to any appropriate person. If I'm not able to find enough experts
for
> each API before the June 24, I'll cancel this proposal.
>
> If you don't want to participate in this town hall meeting, please let me
know
> and I'll try to find someone to replace you.
>
> Regarding the choice of use cases, I'll propose them before August 31,
2001. We
> must be able to reach a consensus on them before October 9, 2001. It will
give
> you two months to implement the solutions. Of course, if you have a
proposal
> for a use case, feel free to propose it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Philippe
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/DOM/
> [2] http://jdom.org/
> [3] http://dom4j.org/
> [4] http://www.themindelectric.com/products/xml/xml.html
> [5] http://www.breezefactor.com/
> [6] http://www.megginson.com/SAX/
> --
> Philippe Le Hegaret - http://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret/
> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), DOM Activity Lead
>
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