[ANN] Candle 0.10 Beta Release - introducing a new object notation

[henryluo@candlescript.org]

Dear members of xml-dev list,

I'm glad to announce the 0.10 beta release of Candle.
 Candle is an open-source
(MPL) scripting language that unifies the core
 features of many XML-related technologies (including XSLT, XQuery,
XQuery Update, RELAX NG, BNF, XHTML, SVG and more). It can be used to
rapidly develop command-line, desktop and Internet applications.
  
This new release introduces
a new hierarchical namespace
syntax and adds support
for a new object
notation. You can find out more details from the updated reference
documents, as well as my 3 new blogs:

• Who Needs XML: I talked about the problems of XML as a general data-exchange format, especially when used for structured data.
• A Markup Notation Better Then Ever: I showed how Candle unifies XML markup data model with OOP object data model, and its advantages comparing to formats like XML, JSON, JavaFX literal object and YAML.
• The Examples Speak For Themselve: I showed how Candle Markup can effectively express different kinds of structured data, like iCanlendar Record, SVG, MathML, DOT graph language, POV-Ray SDL, and Lua configuration.

Among the 3
approaches suggested by Jams Clark: XML 2.0, XML.next,
MicroXML, Candle Markup is
definitely along
the XML.next line. Whether there's any merit in it, I'd like to
hear your comments.

Henry

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