Re: [xml-dev] TrAX passe?

Michael Kay wrote:

>>Though the transformation APIs are alive and well, Sun 
>>doesn't seem to use this acronym for the Transformation API 
>>for XML frequently anymore. For example, it only shows up in 
>>the spec for JAXP 1.1 three times (once for the TrAX mailing 
>>list, twice in the  javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource 
>>Javadoc). It only shows up twice (on same page) in the 
>>Javadocs for 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 for javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource.
>>
>>Any insight on this?
>>    
>>
>
>Yes, it's best to refer to it now as "the JAXP transformation API" if
>you want anyone to know what you are talking about.
>

This is a bit inconvenient if TrAX wants, in a similar manner as SAX, to 
cross Java-world frontiers. Languages like Perl or C++ would need a 
common transformation API too, sooner or later.

Petr

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