> If I understand the responses I got to my original question correctly, > the SIG views the lxml package as the successor to PyXML, its former but > now abandoned flagship for making Python the premier language for XML > processing. Is that right? If so, I'm not sure that this WiKi page > makes that fact clear. If I misunderstood the responses I got, well, > it's hard to imagine Python becoming the premier language for XML > processing without support for document validation in the standard > library distribution.
I don't think Python is or should be the premier language to do XML processing. If you have an application that is entirely about XML processing, use Java. If you have an application that integrates a lot of different things (or perhaps just two or three of them), and XML processing is one, you should consider Python. Then you should analyze your processing needs, and pick a Python library that meets these needs. If you found that validation is a processing need, I strongly recommend that you re-evaluate your processing needs (whether you use Python or not). IMHO, validation is much over-rated and over-used. As for the flagship library to do XML processing: I still think that's the standard library. It has always met my own processing needs, and it comes as an included battery. Most applications of PyXML should easily port to the standard library. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ XML-SIG maillist - XML-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/xml-sig
