James Lawless wrote: > I signed up for the Xerces-dev list a short while ago with the intention > of observing for a while and then, hopefully, contributing to the > project. I only now learn that this list is 'inactive'. If that is the > case how might I sign up for the xerces-J list and is that the appropriate > one for me? - I want to contribute to and learn about Java development > efforts on the Xerces XML parser.
Subscribe to the xerces-j-dev mailing list. Instructions are available at the following URL: http://xml.apache.org/mail.html I would also suggest subscribing to the xerces-j-user mailing list so that you can help with some of the problems that users are facing. This gives you a great opportunity to learn what things users have trouble with and what features they would like to see added to the parser. Regarding the Xerces-J parser, there are two versions: the 1.x line and the 2.x line. Xerces 1.x is pretty much at the end of its life and will probably only have bug fix releases from this point on. The main development is occurring on the Xerces2 codebase. So you should become familiar with the design of Xerces2 and also start looking at the implementa- tion as well. There is already a fair amount of design information in the Xerces2 documentation. You'll find it on the navbar listed as the "XNI Manual". Just post to the mailing list if you have any questions or if you want to volunteer to help with anything. -- Andy Clark * IBM, TRL - Japan * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
