I'm pretty sure the ASF is a member of the W3C. Would hope that should allow us to access the test suite if it's not publically available.
Thanks. Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: mrgla...@ca.ibm.com E-mail: mrgla...@apache.org Gareth Reakes <gar...@we7.com> wrote on 07/11/2011 09:54:25 AM: > Hey David, > > Sorry its taken a while to respond - I missed the mail. I will > see if I can dig out some of the folks who work with the W3C and get > some advice. Does anyone on the list have any experience with this? > > Cheers, > > Gareth > > > On 3 Jul 2011, at 15:43, David Carver wrote: > > > I'm glad to see that Xalan is starting a reboot. One thing I > think the PMC is going to need to investigate with the Apache > Software Foundation is obtaining access to the W3C XSLT 2.x/3.x test > suite. Unfortunately this is not publicly available like the W3C > Test Suite for XQuery is. > > > > Re-creating the XSLT 2.x test suite will be a mamoth undertaking, > and is one of the big things that I think holds back their being > other XSLT 2.x processors in the open source world. I think > getting access to this existing test suite even if that test suite > can't be made publicly available, is crucial in moving things > forward on the XSLT 2 and 3 front. > > > > Dave > > > > On 07/01/2011 05:20 AM, Gareth Reakes wrote: > >> Hi Steven, > >> > >> Its great to see there is so much support for the project > still! I am very hopeful we can all make it a success. > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Gareth > >> > >> > >> On 1 Jul 2011, at 09:27, Steve Hathaway wrote: > >> > >>> Xalan PMC, you have my support! > >>> > >>> Committee Information: > >>> > >>> There are still significant JIRA issues that need minor work or > need to be closed relating to Xalan-C version 1.11. As I work on > the product documentation, I will also try to address the > outstanding JIRA issues. There are a few that are significant > patches that need to be made to the Xalan-C trunk. I'll research > the critical issues and report back to this list. > >>> > >>> If the review process is not stalled, I should have a completed > Xalan-C/C++ version 1.11 user guide ready in September 2011. The > bulk of the work should be completed sometime in August 2011. > >>> > >>> Again, I give thanks to the reformed Xalan PMC. There are some > infrastructure details that need to be handled in order to publish a > new release of Xalan-C. > >>> > >>> As for managing the xalan/c repository, I have some items for discussion. > >>> > >>> The xalan/c/<trunk> currently serves numerous customers that > use the Xalan-C v.1.11 snapshots in their products. The<trunk> > should be maintained for this support until Xalan-C v1.11 is > officially released as a product and posted on the ASF mirrors. > >>> > >>> Xalan-C Version 2 should be on an xalan/c/<branch> for > development until after Xalan-C v1.11 is released. When Xalan-C v2. > 0 has some usability and version 1 has no further development, then > Version 2 can be moved to the<trunk> and patches to Version 1 can > be done in a<branch>. > >>> > >>> > >>> Binary Package Builds: > >>> > >>> I can create binary packages builds for Microsoft VS-2003, 2005, > 2008, and possibly 2010. I might even be able to restore old > Microsoft MSDN software to create a binary package for Visual Studio (VS6). > >>> > >>> I can create binary packages on Debian Linux. I don't have Red > Hat package management tools. One of my co-workers has BSD unix on > several virtual machines. > >>> > >>> I have vendors that maintain software on IBM Z-OS mainframes, > AIX on RS-6000 clusters, IBM AS400, and Linux on IBM mainframes. I > don't know of their programming staff resources that they might > contribute to the effort. > >>> > >>> I have a vendor that maintain system software for HP-UX on the > HP RISC fault-tolerant clusters. > >>> > >>> I know of vendors that maintain software on Solaris systems, but > am unclear on their programming skills. Many years ago I created > and maintained software using the Solaris package management tools. > >>> > >>> Any committers willing to provide binary packages for evaluation > would be welcome to participate. > >>> > >>> > >>> Sincerely, > >>> Steven J. Hathaway > >>> > >>> P.S. > >>> A Research Project: I am trying to design a high-performance > engine that operates as a stand-alone XML document transformation > appliance. A library of stylesheets are to be cached in a compiled > state. The incoming connection would supply an XML document and > identify a stylesheet for transformation. The outgoing > communications would be the transformed document or indicate a set > of errors found in the transformation. I am still researching the > architecture requirements and the capabilities of existing > development efforts. > >>> > >>> Some of my future transformation requirements can be massive. > Several families of XML schemas define 86,000 to 180,000 distinct > elements catalogued into numerous namespaces. I see in the near > future that one XML family in the US Dept. of Justice will embrace > over 400,000 cataloged elements in a family of XML schema > definitions. This also requires massive stylesheet capability to > accommodate the related transformations. In such a system, I see > the need to be able to perform 5-40 transformations per second (with > parallel operations). > >>> > >>> ======================== > >>> > >>> Bertrand Wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Xalan community, > >>>>> I'm pleased to announce that the ASF board has voted for re-establish > >>>>> the Xalan PMC as follows: > >>>>> > >>>>> * David Bertoni (dbertoni, PMC chair) > >>>>> * Gareth Reakes (gareth) > >>>>> * Tim Williams (twilliams) > >>>>> * Sanjiva Weerawarana (sanjiva) > >>>>> * Gary D. Gregory (ggregory) > >>>>> * Michael Glavassevich (mrglavas) > >>>>> * Bertrand Delacretaz (bdelacretaz) > >>>>> > >>>>> Existing PMC members (apart from David who was the only active one > >>>>> left) have been discharged from their PMC responsibilities. If any of > >>>>> those folks want to become active again they're more than welcome, of > >>>>> course. > >>> = = > >>> > >>>>> Also, I think a special report should be prepared for the next board > >>>>> meeting, on July 20th, to get back on track with those reports. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> -Bertrand > >>>>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: xalan-dev-unsubscr...@xml.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: xalan-dev-h...@xml.apache.org > >>> > >>> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: xalan-dev-unsubscr...@xml.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: xalan-dev-h...@xml.apache.org > > > > > > -- > Gareth Reakes, CTO we7 - Great Free Music > +44-20-7117-0809 http://www.we7.com > > "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long > plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die > like dogs. 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