Call for participation: open source gXML in Java

[Amelia A Lewis <amyzing@talsever.com>]

Hey, folks!

We're opening the source of an XML infrastructure project, called 
gXML.  We're looking to contribute the project to the Apache 
foundation, for incubation, and to do so we'd like to drum up more 
interest in the community.  xml-dev seems the likely place to start.  
:-)

We're looking for folks who are interested in building "bridges" and 
"processors," and who can argue about the integrity of the API, which 
is based on the XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM).  The code 
currently includes the API, three bridges (DOM, AxiOM, and custom) plus 
tools for building and testing bridges, and five processors (XPath, 
Conversion, Input/Output, Schema Parsing, Schema Validation).  Work 
remains to be done on all of this code, and the documentation, and 
there are opportunities for bridges supporting additional tree models 
and additional processors.

It requires Java 1.5, because it makes extensive use of generics in 
order to use the Bridge (or Handle/Body) pattern (rather than a 
wrapper).  If a bridge exists for a tree model, a processor written to 
the gXML/XDM API can use that tree model.  The core emphasizes 
immutability in processing.  By introducing the (very thin!) layer of 
indirection in the form of a bridge, it enables a number of new 
technologies, and opens a lot of potentially exciting possibilities for 
existing technologies.

Interested?  We'll be at Balisage in August.  Interested in being 
involved with the code, and want more information?  Drop a line ....

Amy!
-- 
Amelia A. Lewis                    amyzing {at} talsever.com
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mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
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