There are a bunch of people working on Xerces-J and C right now. Most
of them are focusing on:
solidifying the core (e.g. namespaces)
completing DOM Level 2 (e.g ranges)
XML Schema (e.g. updating to the latest draft spec)
bugs (plenty of these to go around)
performance/memory consumption (we can always do better!)
porting to additional platforms (we have a lot, but we're getting new
contributions in the areas of FreeBSD, Irix, et.al)
If you have an idea, I'd suggest that you post it to the list, and see
if people are interested! The PMC doesn't assign work. It's usually
that somebody volunteers to do something, and nobody else objects (or
they do, and a discussion takes place about what the right thing to do
is).
We'd love to have you help out! What kind of things are you interested
in? Java? C++? Specific platforms? Specific features? Specific
applications like publishing?
Mike
Nicholas Oddson wrote:
>
> Apologies for posting this to the group, but I'm fairly new to this and
> couldn't find any information on the website or in the FAQs/INFO.
>
> How does this development effort work?
>
> a) Is it a task system where people are assigned work by the committers or
> PMC?
> b) Is a work request posted to the group and people volunteer for the
> specific tasks?
> c) Do I come up with an idea that I think would be an extension to Xerces
> functionality, propose it, get it approved and then work on it?
>
> I found Roles & Responsibilities section of the web lacking as to the
> detail of the process.
>
> Again apologies, I am just eager to help out.
>
> - Nick
> --
> Nicholas Oddson
> Software Developer
> Open Text Corporation
