XMLisp (http://www.agentsheets.com/lisp/XMLisp/) seems to be quite nice for 
Lisps that support MOP.

Regards,
Steve
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Keith F Irwin wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 14:38 -0800, Peter Seibel wrote:
> 
>>On Jan 15, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Keith F Irwin wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Revive xmls?
> 
> 
>>I've used XMLS to and like it for the same reasons you do. However I  
>>think some of the new kids on the block are even better and not much  
>>more heavyweight. (Some even support parsing to XMLS-compatible  
>>output as an option.) So a good Gardener's project would be to do a  
>>bit of research and write up the pros and cons of the different XML  
>>parsers out there (are they maintained, are they complete, what  
>>limitations do they have, etc.) Then it might make sense to do what  
>>we can to help out the current front runner, whether that's supplying  
>>patches, docs, test cases, or simply pointing people to it.
> 
> 
> Okay.
> 
> 
>>The main XML parsers I know of are:
>>
>>   XMLS      -- small code base, simple to use, not full featured
>>   CL-XML[1] -- huge code base, impossible (for me) to understand,  
>>extremely full featured
>>   CXML[2]   -- I haven't looked at this one, but I hear it's a happy  
>>medium.
> 
> 
> It looks like cxml is the clear winner.  If I can figure out how to get
> it to read xml (xmls-style) from a string (and write to a string), I'll
> just port my code over to it and start using it.
> 
> I've looked at cl-xml too, and pretty much decided that whatever value
> it may or may not have: crafting simple XML to post REST-style, or
> pulling in RSS feeds and dealing with their idiosyncrasies wasn't one of
> them.
> 
> --K
> 
> 
>>[1] <http://pws.prserv.net/James.Anderson/XML/>
>>[2] <http://www.cliki.net/cxml>
>>
>>Maybe you can start there and make a page on the ALU Wiki to  
>>summarize the state of the XML in Lisp world.
>>
>>-Peter
>>
> 
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