Date: 2004-12-21T18:42:06 Editor: RichardClark Wiki: Jakarta HiveMind Wiki Page: NotXMLProposal URL: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-hivemind/NotXMLProposal
no comment Change Log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -352,3 +352,4 @@ MicahSchehl: XML is great because of it's wide acceptance-- but it is difficult to read and I am often overwhelmed with XML I am not familiar with. I would like to see a project which aims to allow anyone to use syntax that they desire for configuration files. The project would interpret the config file and generate the XML that so many other projects expect. The generation could be done at compile time (generate XML files) or at runtime (SAX events). The project could have default interpreters such as JavaScript or SDL. This is just my first thoughts on this. +RichardClark: !BeanShell looks like a fairly dangerous choice, IMO. Both of its licenses (LGPL or Sun's community license) create interesting problems for the deployer in a commercial environment (the LGPL pushes you to set up a source code distribution mechanism, while Sun's license carries detailed documentation requirements to keep the lawyers happy); this could be a show-stopper to adoption in many places. SDL or XML might make a developer work harder to learn !HiveMind, but the wrong license will get the lawyers to kill !HiveMind's usage cold. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
