CampSmalltalk: XmlParser XSL and DOM Level 2

XML is an important standard that Smalltalk should support better. We need a standard XML parser. It should support DOM Level 2 (v. 1)(see: www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2/) and XSL (see: www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl/ ).

Camp Smalltalk 2

XML Group -- Plans for Annapolis, MD Session

Camp Smalltalk 1:

Organizer: Enoch Sower
John Greve
Bryan Hogan
John-Reed Maffeo I will also be working on Object/Relational Mapping
Jose Rodriguez
Blair McGlashan I'm mainlining on Refactoring Browser, but happy to help with Dolphin issues (as long as you don't choose the InDelv parser!)
Chris Grindstaff I'm also working on Binary standard for object interchange
Eliot Miranda
Claus Gittinger
Roger Whitney

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Stephen Pair
Brett Heroux
Craig McChesney
Recent Events
Pre-Camp discussion
General XML Group Camp Report
Issues generated by Smalltalk SAX 2 port
Smalltalk SAX 2 released

Smalltalk XML Links

Eliot Miranda said that Cincom has agreed to open-source the XML/XSL framework in VisualWorks 5i. This is available unter the ParcPlace Public License, derived directly from the Mozilla license version 1.1. Find it on the VisualWorks Wiki at wiki.cs.uiuc.edu/VisualWorks/VisualWorks+XML+Framework.

A short report on the VW 5i XML Parser

Sun and a group of 7 XML companies have closed the review on the JSR-000031 XML Data Binding Specification as of 23 Aug 1999. See: java.sun.com/aboutJava/communityprocess/jsr/jsr_031_xmld.html

SOAP is the Simple Object Access Protocol, basically a way to use XML and HTTP to access objects over the internet. Microsoft is pushing it. See Smalltalk Web Services for further information.

Also, see LDO and other lightweight protocols that use XML.

The porting journal on the VisualWorks Wiki is woefully obsolete, now that we're post CSt2. The Squeak port has made a fair bit of progress (to the point of actually parsing well-formed documents). I'm not going to be home until Sunday, when I will try to package up and post the to-whatever-degree-it-is-working code :)