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Modified: java STATUS Log: Status as of 11/15/1999 Revision Changes Path 1.2 +60 -9 xml-xerces/java/STATUS Index: STATUS =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-xerces/java/STATUS,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- STATUS 1999/11/09 01:10:57 1.1 +++ STATUS 1999/11/15 23:13:52 1.2 @@ -1,11 +1,62 @@ -This drop of Xerces is based on a development version of the IBM XML4J -code base. There are lots of things that need to be done: +This is the first drop of the Xerces for Java code base. -* integrate cool stuff from OpenXML and Project X +There are lots of things that need to be done: -* continued tracking of the W3C Schema Language working drafts -* support for DOM Level 2 ranges -* support for DTD caching -* a total rework of the makefile/build system -* close outstanding bugs -* DOM performance work +Here are some things at the top of my list (in no particular order): + +* Additional Support for W3C XML schema. There's both the structures + spec and the datatypes spec. There's a lot of work to do in the + structures area, and that's the area I'll be working on for the next + while. There's also a lot of work to be done in the datatypes area, + and this would be a great place for someone to jump and get involved + in the code. + +* Support for the DOM Level 2 ranges spec. Ralf Pfeiffer is looking + at this + +* Reconciling the error messages between the C++ and Java versions of + Xerces. + +* Figuring out what support for DTD access should look like. This + version of Xerces supports access to the DTD via a special node in + the DOM tree. There's also room for a more programmatic API to the + DTD / Schema. This is a meaty one. + +* Enabling support for a DTD Caching mechanism. This would be + especially beneficial in a server environment + +* There's a bunch of work that needs to be done on the DOM + implementation. There's a bunch of memory consumption work that + could be done. Andy Clark is looking at this. + +* Revalidation architecture work + +* DOM Write validation + +* Incorporation of features and improvements from other technology + contributions. + + The first one is the printers proposal from Assaf Arkin + + +* refinement and extension of the incremental parsing API + +* scripts to build parser subconfigurations + +* additional configuration options. + +* performance, performance, performance. + +* conformance, conformance, conformance. + +* a bunch of things that haven't been thought of yet. + +* more documentation + +* more samples + +* kill bugs + +* Major work on the build system. + + ANT vs Makefiles is the current discussion
