+1. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davanum Srinivas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [vote] Accepting Entity Resolver Donation
> Team, > > Since Avalon and Cocoon2 are interested, there are no other conditions that i see at will > disqualify Entity Resolver from xml-commons: See > http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/~checkout~/xml-commons/README.html?rev=1.1 &content-type=text/html > for more information. > > So Here's my VOTE for adding Entity Resolver to xml-commons: > - Davanum Srinivas [+1] > > Please add yours.... > > Thanks, > dims > > --- David Crossley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > > > A while back, I talked to Norman Walsh (of Docbook fame, if you don't > > > know him) about making his entity resolver (or entity catalog) > > > implementation a full open source project, given the incredible need for > > > such a thing on XML-based applications (see recent talks on xml-dev > > > about XML portability, for example). > > > > > > Cocoon already uses such an entity resolver and since we were thinking > > > about moving the most general XML-based components back into Avalon > > > (so that they are available to all the rest of Avalon-aware applications), > > > it would be extremely beneficial for us to have the ability to influence > > > directly the code in order to make it easier to deploy and use such > > > important tool. > > > > > > Norman wrote this code while working at Sun, but it's already licensed > > > with a BSD-like license, so there are no legal obstacles whatsoever. > > > > > > What I proposed Norman is to bootstrap a community around this code here > > > under Apache and he liked the concept. > > > > > > I see several possible solutions: > > > > > > 1) merge the donated code with an existing subproject (Xerces would be > > > my choice) > > > > The entity resolver can be attached to any SAX parser and stylesheet > > processor. So it would not be appropriate to be under Xerces. Also, > > the entity resolver needs high exposure, as it is a facilty that needs > > to be widely used. > > > > > 2) create a new subproject (but there might not be enough community > > > diversity for this to happen) > > > > > > 3) place it under xml-commons, following the same charter and community > > > restrictions of jakarta-commons. > > > > This sounds like an appropriate place. > > > > > 4) ??? > > There is another option ... > > > > 4) Avalon Excalibur > > The Excalibur people expressed interest back in September. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-dev&m=100303902726035&w=2 > > > > 5) ??? > > > > > Norman suggested to make the code available separately from an existing > > > product in order to increase usability and modularity, since entity > > > resolution using SAX2 doesn't require the presence of an XML parser. > > > > > > So, there are a few votes: > > > > > > a) would you like to accept this code donation? > > > > +1 > > > > > b) if so, where do you think it should be located? > > > > I see that there are two options: > > 3) xml-commons > > 4) Avalon Excalibur > > > > I do not know on what grounds to decide. I lean towards > > Excalibur because avalon-dev have expressed interest. > > However, xml-commons might ensure that the resolver > > remained independent. An Excalibur component would > > simply have the classes to implement the resolver - this > > is what would be moved from the current Cocoon. > > > > After expressing that, i seem to have found my stance: > > xml-commons is the home for the entity resolver donation > > and subsequent project. > > Excalibur has a new component that hooks up the resolver > > to any parser that gets used by the Avalon framework. > > --David Crossley > > > > > Please place a vote. > > > > > > [Norm, sorry for having taken so long for this but I had to wait for the > > > other code donations to happen or being resolved] > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be > > > able to give birth to a dancing star. > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > àßß@ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ===== > Davanum Srinivas - http://jguru.com/dims/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
