[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can you provide an expanded example to make it clearer what you mean? Maybe > how would you replace a single node deep within a document. > > What I said about an XML markup for the language was envisioning > something similar to Stallman's Guile pipedream. Java is not > going to be the trendy language forever, so if XML is aiming for > a 20+ year lifespan then we should be too. > > If we want the server to palm off work onto the client then having > the server send code to the client for execution will be a major > way to achieve this. Now, ofcourse, we can do that now with Java, > but when Java gets replaced by some other language then we'll either > have to write versions of the code in both Java and the new language, > have the client support both or else have an XML schema for a meta > language that the client can transform into whatever language they > happen to support.
I think you may be confusing the role of XML:DB with the reference implementations developed by XML:DB. XML:DB is aimed at developing XML database specifications and in doing so avoiding as much as possible any kind of language dependancy. The reference implementation of specs will however be in a single language, exactly which hasn't really been discussed but my guess is it will be Java. There is no issue with that. If someone wants an implementation in another language then they are welcome and encouraged to create one. However, we can not hope to successfully target more then one language for a reference implementation. > > Infact, even now we need support for a multiple of languages as the > client connecting to the server will not just be a browser. If the > client is performing an administrative task then the user will prefer > Python or Perl for the task. > > For this language to be multi-lingual I think it definitely needs to > be a declarative language of some kind - preferably functional. How does the language being functional ease an implementation in something like Perl? > > But then I'm not really sure if this falls within the role of > xml:db. > > -- > > Matthew Parry Bowerbird Computing > Proprietor "XML tools designed to *your* specifications." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.bowerbird.com.au/> > ICQ#56864663 PO Box 1280 Nowra, NSW 2541, Australia > > - > "There now, didn't I tell you to keep a good count? Well, > there's and end of the story. God knows there's no going on > with it now." - Sancho Panza. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Contact adminstrator: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Read archived messages: http://archive.xmldb.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Kimbro Staken Chief Technology Officer dbXML Group L.L.C http://www.dbxmlgroup.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact adminstrator: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Read archived messages: http://archive.xmldb.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------
